The conversion crisis : a continuting discussion / Aharon Lichtenstein ... [and others] ; edited by Emanuel Feldman and Joel Wolowelsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feldman, Emanuel, 1927-

Wolowelsky, Joel B.

Barney and Eleanor Frommer Memorial Fund.

Standardized Title:

Conversion crisis (2011)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion--Judaism.

Conversion.

Physical Description:

x, 112 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jersey City, NJ : KTAV/ The Rabbinical Council of America : Distributed by KTAV Publishing House, [2011]

Summary:

In these articles from Tradition: A Journal of Jewish Thought, US and foreign rabbis, professors of Jewish studies, law, and philosophy, and an assistant attorney general for the state of New York all lend their views on the place of conversion in Jewish theology. While the articles are written from different perspectives, the contributors are united in their allegiance to the authority of the classical halakha and the belief that the pressure to recognize non-Jews who lack religious commitment leads to the erosion of halakhic standards. A shorter version of the book appeared 20 years ago under the title The Conversion Crisis. This edition adds two new articles: a review of Avi Sagi and Zvi Zohar's Transforming Identity: The Ritual Transition from Gentile to Jew; Structure and Meaning, which imposes a halakhic critique on Sagi and Zohar's attempt to reorder the Talmudic literature on conversion, plus a response from Sagi and Zohar. The book lacks a subject index. Feldman is editor emeritus of Tradition. Wolowelsky is dean of the faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush and an associate editor of Tradition. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Barney and Eleanor Frommer Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1602801614

9781602801615

OCLC:

705351949

Publisher Number:

99946495421