Berkowitz, Beth A. <br/><br/>
Defining Jewish difference  from antiquity to the present /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Beth A. Berkowitz 
 - Cambridge ;  New York ;  Melbourne [etc.] :  Cambridge University Press,  2012 
 - 1 vol. (VIII-280 p.) ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 249-274 
<br/><br/>Introduction : law, identity, and Leviticus 18:3 -- The question of Israelite distinctiveness: paradigms of separatism in Leviticus 18:3 -- Allegory and ambiguity : Jewish identity in Philo's De congressu -- A narrative of neighbors : rethinking universalism and particularism in patristic and rabbinic writings -- The limits of "their laws" in Midrash halakhah -- A short history of the people Israel from the patriarchs to the Messiah: constructions of Jewish difference in Leviticus Rabbah -- Syncretism and anti-syncretism in the Babylonian Talmud -- The judaization of reason: the Tosafists, Nissim gerondi, and Joseph Colon -- Women's wear and men's suits: Ovadiah Yosef's and Moshe Feinstein's discourses of Jewishness -- Conclusion : an "upside-down people"? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-107-01371-1 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Jews--Identity Rabbinical literature--History and criticism Jews--Cultural assimilation 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.8924