Studies in Judaism Humanities and the Social Sciences

<p>From the Editors<br />Simcha Fishbane Eric Levine Herbert Basser 1<br />ESSAYS<br />Inclusion and Exclusion in the Mishnah: Non-Jews Converts and the Nazir<br />Calvin Goldscheider 3<br />Textual Study and Social Formation: The Case of Mishnah<br />Jack N. Lightstone 21<br />Genealogies of the Future<br />Jonathan Boyarin 45<br /> The Role of Life Motifs in Commitment Journeys of Ba’alei Teshuvah<br />Roberta Rosenberg Farber 57<br />Mipnei Darkei Shalom: The Promotion of Harmonious Relationships in the<br />Mishnah’s Social Order<br />Simcha Fishbane 73<br />On the Unknown Soldier Symbol in Israeli Culture<br />Irit Dekel 85<br />Why Religious Discourse Has a Place in Medical Ethics: An Example<br />from Jewish Medical Ethics<br />Ira Bedzow 101<br />החופה בספרות חז"ל – סמל בתהליך שינוי<br />Nisan Rubin 113<br />BOOK REVIEWS<br />Jon D. Levenson The Love of God: Divine Gift Human Gratitude and<br />Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism. Princeton NJ Princeton University Press 2016.<br />Review by James A. Diamond 125<br />Todd M. Endelman Leaving the Jewish Fold: Conversion and Radical Assimilation<br />in Modern Jewish History. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 2015.<br />Review by Sylvia Barack Fishman 129<br />Moshe Halbertal On Sacrifice. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 2012.<br />Review by Zev Garber 133</p>