Boundaries of Judaism - Hartman, Donniel (London ; New York, NY : Continuum, 2007)
Introduction : the modern problem of 'who are the Jews?' -- Pluralism, tolerance and deviance -- Deviance, boundaries and marginalization in rabbinic literature -- Intolerable deviance and its forms of marginalization in mediaeval halakhic writing -- The Hatam Sofer and the boundaries of orthodoxy -- Moshe Feinstein and the boundaries of orthodoxy -- Towards a contemporary theory of boundaries.
Revised doctoral dissertation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index.
Keywords: Sofer, Moses, -- 1762-1839.; Feinstein, Moses, -- 1895-1986.; Jews -- Identity; Judaism; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Orthodox Judaism