Jordan D. Rosenblum is Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism and The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World and the coeditor of Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Literature and History of the Rabbinic Movement2. Biblical Interpretation3. Social Boundaries4. Gender and Sexuality5. Magic, Idolatry, and Illicit Religious Practice6. Sabbath, Festivals, and Holidays7. Prayer and Ritual8. Ritual Purity9. Health and HygieneConclusionGlossarySubject IndexCitation Index

"Rosenblum offers entertaining examples and writes so clearly that even those who have no knowledge of rabbinic literature should be able to understand the material."

Jordan D. Rosenblum is Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism and The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World and the coeditor of Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Literature and History of the Rabbinic Movement2. Biblical Interpretation3. Social Boundaries4. Gender and Sexuality5. Magic, Idolatry, and Illicit Religious Practice6. Sabbath, Festivals, and Holidays7. Prayer and Ritual8. Ritual Purity9. Health and HygieneConclusionGlossarySubject IndexCitation Index

"Rosenblum offers entertaining examples and writes so clearly that even those who have no knowledge of rabbinic literature should be able to understand the material."

Jordan D. Rosenblum is Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Food and Identity in Early Rabbinic Judaism and The Jewish Dietary Laws in the Ancient World and the coeditor of Feasting and Fasting: The History and Ethics of Jewish Food.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Literature and History of the Rabbinic Movement2. Biblical Interpretation3. Social Boundaries4. Gender and Sexuality5. Magic, Idolatry, and Illicit Religious Practice6. Sabbath, Festivals, and Holidays7. Prayer and Ritual8. Ritual Purity9. Health and HygieneConclusionGlossarySubject IndexCitation Index

"Rosenblum offers entertaining examples and writes so clearly that even those who have no knowledge of rabbinic literature should be able to understand the material."