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A note on God and parentheses
Prologue: Jews and others
pt. 1. Who was a Jew?
Was Herod Jewish?
"Those who say they are Jews and are not": How do you know a Jew in antiquity when you see one?
Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew
pt. 2. The boundary crossed: becoming a Jew
From ethnos to ethno-religion
Crossing the boundary and becoming a Jew
Ioudaïzein, "to Judaize"
The rabbinic conversion ceremony
pt. 3. The boundary violated: the union of diverse kinds
The prohibition of intermarriage
The matrilineal principle
Israelite mothers, Israelite fathers: matrilineal descent and the inequality of the concert
Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness: us and them
Was Martial's slave Jewish?
Was Menophilus Jewish?
Was Trophimus Jewish?
Was Timothy Jewish?
Prologue: Jews and others
pt. 1. Who was a Jew?
Was Herod Jewish?
"Those who say they are Jews and are not": How do you know a Jew in antiquity when you see one?
Ioudaios, Iudaeus, Judaean, Jew
pt. 2. The boundary crossed: becoming a Jew
From ethnos to ethno-religion
Crossing the boundary and becoming a Jew
Ioudaïzein, "to Judaize"
The rabbinic conversion ceremony
pt. 3. The boundary violated: the union of diverse kinds
The prohibition of intermarriage
The matrilineal principle
Israelite mothers, Israelite fathers: matrilineal descent and the inequality of the concert
Jews, Judaism, and Jewishness: us and them
Was Martial's slave Jewish?
Was Menophilus Jewish?
Was Trophimus Jewish?
Was Timothy Jewish?