Not by birth alone : conversion to Judaism
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Not by birth alone : conversion to Judaism
Cassell, 1997
- : pbk
- Uniform Title
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Nicht durch Geburt allein
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Whom do Jews consider to be Jewish? Is one born a Jew? Does one have a choice? Marriage, religious conviction, feelings of guilt in the face of history have all been reasons for seeking membership of the Jewish community. What are the practical issues for someone wishing to convert to Judaism? International contributors describe in this volume the manifold theological, legal, sociological, and psychological aspects to the phenomenon of the new children of Abraham, and people who have confronted this issue in their own lives tell their stories.
Table of Contents
- Conversion in the Hebrew Bible
- over land and sea for a proselyte?
- conversion to Judaism in the Talmudic period
- group conversions to Judaism
- from the Golden Age to the Inquisition - conversion during the Middle Ages
- further group conversions
- out of the ghetto and into the open society
- individual conversions of historically significant personalities
- current attitudes to religious conversion
- the significance of motivation in the Halachah of conversion
- conversion to Judaism now
- converts tell their stories.
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