Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi : John Selden
In the midst of an age of prejudice, John Selden's immense, neglected rabbinical works contain magnificent Hebrew scholarship that respects, to an extent remarkable for the times, the self-understanding of Judaism. Scholars celebrated for their own broad and deep learning gladly conceded Selden's superiority and conferred on him titles such as 'the glory of the English nation' (Hugo Grotius), 'Monarch in letters' (Ben Jonson), 'the chief of learned men reputed in this land' (JohnMilton). Although scholars have examined Selden (1584-1654) as a political theorist, legal and constitutional histor
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Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Hamlet, Henry, Epicoene, and Hebraica: Marriage Questions; 2. Selden, Jonson, and the Rabbis on Cross-Dressing and Bisexual Gods; 3. Selden and Milton on Gods and Angels; 4. Samson's Sacrifice; 5. Andrew Marvell, Samuel Parker, and the Rabbis on Zealots and Proselytes; 6. Natural Law and Noachide Precepts: Grotius, Selden, Milton, and Barbeyrac; 7. Selden's De Jure Naturali ... Juxta Disciplinam Ebraeorum and Religious Toleration; 8. Selden and Stubbe on Idolatry, Blasphemy, and the Passion Narrative. 9. Culverwel on Selden's Rabbinica: The Limits of a Liberal's Toleration10. Selden's Rabbis in the Court of Common Pleas; 11. Selden on Excommunication; Conclusion; Appendix: Selden's Letter to Jonson; Select Bibliography; Index