Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism

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How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity The rabbinic corpus begins with a question-"when"-and is brimming with discussions about time and the relationship between people, God, and the hour. Time and Difference in Rabbinic Judaism explores the rhythms of time that animated the rabbinic world of late

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"Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship"
"Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Award in Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in Antiquity, Association for Jewish Studies"
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An important addition to the field of Jewish Studies, for it makes a significant contribution to scholarly discussions on ways of constructing identity in rabbinic literature.

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Sarit Kattan Gribetz is associate professor of theology at Fordham University.