Not by birth alone : conversion to Judaism

Author(s)

• Homolka, Walter
• Jacob, Walter
• Seidel, Esther

Bibliographic Information

Not by birth alone : conversion to Judaism

edited by Walter Homolka, Walter Jacob, Esther Seidel

Cassell, 1997

• : pbk

Uniform Title

Nicht durch Geburt allein

Note

Includes bibliographical references

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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Details

• NCID: BA33503667
• ISBN:
  • 0304338087
  • 0304338095
• LCCN: 97004967
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 210 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM729.P7
  • DC21 : 296.7/14/09
  • NDC8 : 199
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Proselytes and proselyting, Jewish -- History
  • LCSH : Proselytes and proselyting, Jewish -- Converts from Christianity -- Biography