Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities: Intermarriage and Conversion from the Bible to the Talmud

Table of contents

• Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities *
• Title Page *
• Acknowledgments vii
• Contents ix
• Abbreviations xi
• Transliteration System xiii
• Gentile Impurities and Jewish Identities 1
• 1 - Introduction 3
• Part I - Gentile Impurities in Biblical and Second Temple Sources 17
• 2 - Gentile Impurity in the Bible 19
• 3 - The Impurity of Gentiles in Second Temple Sources 45
• 4 - Impurity, Intermarriage, and Conversion in Second Temple Sources 68
• 5 - Intermarriage in the Writings of Paul and the Early Church Fathers 92
• Part II - Gentile Impurities in Rabbinic Sources 105
• 6 - Gentiles and Ritual Impurity in Rabbinic Sources 107
• 7 - Gentiles and Moral Impurity: Rabbinic Attitudes to Intermarriage 145
• 8 - Gentiles and Genealogical Impurity: Converts and Their Offspring in Rabbinic Texts 164
• 9 - Conclusion 193
• Appendix A - The Impurity of Gentile Lands and Houses: a Refutation of Alon 199
• Appendix B - Evidence for Intrinsic or Derived Gentile Ritual Impurity: a Refutation 205
• Appendix C - The Ritual Impurity of Idolatry: a Refutation of Alon 215
• Notes 223
• Bibliography 285
• Glossary of Hebrew Terms 293
• Index of Citations 295
• General Index 305

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