Renaissance England's chief rabbi : John Selden / Jason P. Rosenblatt.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Selden, John, -- 1584-1654.

Judaism -- Great Britain -- History.

Jews -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- Great Britain -- History.

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 toleration

10. Selden's rabbis in the court of common pleas

11. Selden on excommunication.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780199286133

ix, 314 p.