Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-224) and index.
Contents:
Conclusion: Causes of toleration. Toleration within Judaism from the Second Temple to the present -- Sadducees and Pharisees in the Temple / Corinna R. Kaiser -- The Houses of Hillel and Shammai in the Mishnah / Martin Goodman -- The notion of tolerable error from the Mishnah to Maimonides / Joseph E. David -- Talmudic controversies in post-talmudic eyes / Joseph E. David -- Toleration in the Ghetto of Venice : evidence from Leon Modena's Historia de' riti Hebraici / Simon Levis Sullam -- Prescribing toleration at the Paris Sanhedrin (1806-1807) / Simon Levis Sullam -- Islets of toleration among the Jews of Curac̀§ao / Corinna R. Kaiser -- Sitting on fences : toleration of compromise and mixed seating patterns in Orthodox synagogues in the USA / Corinna R. Kaiser -- Conclusion: Causes of toleration.
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