Highlights the emergence of self-knowledge in rabbinic literature, showing how Babylonian rabbis relied on knowledge accessible only to the individual to determ

This book examines the emergence of self-knowledge as a determining legal consideration among the rabbis of Late Antiquity, from the third to the seventh centur

How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything Typically translated as "Jewish law," halakhah is not an

This book traces the hardening of Christian attitudes to Jews, Judiasm and their history during the second half of the Middle Ages.

Intention in Talmudic Law: Between Thought and Deed offers a comprehensive history of intention in rabbinic classical law, tracing developments in legal thought