Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Toleration within Judaism

Martin Goodman, Joseph David, Corinna Kaiser, and Simon Levis Sullam

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1 Introduction: The Study of Toleration

2 Toleration within Judaism from the Second Temple to the Present

3 Sadduccees and Pharisees in the Temple
MARTIN GOODMAN

4 The Houses of Hillel and Shammai in the Mishnah
MARTIN GOODMAN

5 The Notion of Tolerable Error from the Mishnah to Maimonides
JOSEPH E. DAVID

6 Talmudic Controversies in Post-Talmudic Eyes
JOSEPH E. DAVID

7 Toleration in the Ghetto of Venice: Evidence from Leon Modena's Historia de Riti Hebraici
SIMON LEVIS SULLAM

8 Prescribing Toleration in the Paris Sanhedrin (1806–1807)
SIMON LEVIS SULLAM

9 Islets of Toleration among the Jews of Curaçao
CORINNA R. KAISER

10 Sitting on Fences: The Toleration of Compromise and Mixed Seating in Orthodox Synagogues in the USA
CORINNA R. KAISER

11 Conclusion: Causes of Toleration

Bibliography

Index