{"product_id":"the-beginnings-of-jewishness-9780520226937","title":"The Beginnings of Jewishness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the intriguing case of Herod the Great's Jewishness, this title discusses what made or did not make Jewish identity during the period, the question of conversion, the prohibition of intermarriage, matrilineal descent, and the place of the convert in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I cannot begin to do justice to the nuances and wealth of information that these articles offer. Cohen possesses an enviable gift of being provocative and challenging... He opens the door to the rewarding realm of the internal life of one community. And as unrepresentative as this community may, at first, appear, no scholar interested in issues of identity, self-definition, core and periphery, community and law, family, class and gender in antiquity can afford to give Cohen a miss.\" - Hagith Sivan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review \"One of the greatest strengths of Cohen's erudite book is that he is willing to acknowledge that many parts of his argument are open to challenge. While some might be overwhelmed by the sheer volume, this reviewer thinks he has done a great service in collecting an immense amount of relevant data, allowing readers to weigh the evidence for themselves and draw their own conclusions... Cohen's book is the most comprehensive study to date on the question of Jewish identity in antiquity.\" - J. S. Kaminsky, Choice \"Cohen himself exemplifies the scrupulous precision which he shows to be necessary to his subject... An outstanding work of scholarship.\" - M. J. Edwards, Classical Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003cbr\u003e A NOTE ON God AND PARENTHESES\u003cbr\u003e PROLOGUE: JEWS AND OTHERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I: WHO WAS A JEW?\u003cbr\u003e I\u003cbr\u003e Was Herod Jewish?\u003cbr\u003e 2\u003cbr\u003e \"Those Who Say They Are Jews and Are Not\":\u003cbr\u003e How Do You Know a Jew in Antiquity When\u003cbr\u003e You See One?\u003cbr\u003e 3\u003cbr\u003e Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II: THE BOUNDARY CROSSED:\u003cbr\u003e BECOMING A JEW\u003cbr\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e From Ethnos to Ethno-religion\u003cbr\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e Crossing the Boundary and Becoming a Jew\u003cbr\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e Ioudaizein, \"to Judaize\"\u003cbr\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III: THE BOUNDARY VIOLATED:\u003cbr\u003e THE UNION OF DIVERSE KINDS\u003cbr\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e The Prohibition of Intermarriage\u003cbr\u003e 9\u003cbr\u003e The Matrilineal Principle\u003cbr\u003e IO\u003cbr\u003e Israelite Mothers, Israelite Fathers: Matrilineal\u003cbr\u003e Descent and the Inequality of the Convert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EPILOGUE: JEWS, JUDAISM, AND\u003cbr\u003e JEWISHNESS: US AND THEM\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX A: WAS MARTIAL'S SLAVE\u003cbr\u003e JEWISH?\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX B: WAS MENOPHILUS\u003cbr\u003e JEWISH?\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX C: WAS TROPHIMUS\u003cbr\u003e JEWISH?\u003cbr\u003e APPENDIX D: WAS TIMOTHY JEWISH?\u003cbr\u003e GLOSSARY OF SOME HEBREW TERMS\u003cbr\u003e BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e GENERAL INDEX\u003cbr\u003e INDEX OF PREMODERN SOURCES\u003cbr\u003e INDEX OF MODERN SCHOLARS","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402814103895,"sku":"9780520226937","price":24.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520226937.jpg?v=1730481581","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-beginnings-of-jewishness-9780520226937","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}