Authority and Dissent in Jewish Life

Leonard Greenspoon is a professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies and of theology, and holds the Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University. He is the editor of the annual Studies in Jewish Civilization series.

Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction Contributors Figurative Language of Authority and Rebellion in the Story of the Death of Rabbi Judah ben Bava, by Chen Marx Midrash, Oral Law, and the Question of Rabbinic Authority, by Azzan Yadin-Israel Dissenting Literature and Social Formation in the Antique Mediterranean, by Zachary B. Smith When the Memory of David Is Not Enough to Authenticate the Temple in Jerusalem by Joel Gereboff From Acosta and Spinoza to Arendt to Laurence and Aylon: Verbiage and Visual Art as Instruments of Dissent in Modern Jewish Thought, by Ori Z. Soltes Jewish Law and the Law of the State: A Study in Authority and Dissent, by Gil Graff "The Terrible Animal Known as the Masses": The Status and Authority of the Community Rabbi in Nineteenth Century Eastern Europe, by Motti Zalkin Thumbing Mendelssohn's Nose at the Nazis: Hans Pfitzner's Symphony in C, Op. 46 (1940), by Theodore Albrecht Not So Silent: Jewish Religious and Cultural Life in Kiev, 1945-1970s, by Victoria Khiterer When Authority Was a Form of Dissent: Postwar Guides to Reform Practice, by Joan S. Friedman "Dispute for the Sake of Heaven": Dissent and Multiplicity in Rav Shagar's Thought, by Eitan Abramovitch Limiting the Authority of the Country: Disobedience in the IDF, by Shlomo Abramovich Leaving the Fold: Dissent from Communal Authority in the Orthodox World?, by Mark Trencher Brit without Milah: Adapting and Remixing the Dominant Ritual System, by Lindsey Jackson