:<i>Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden</i>

Abstract

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 Noahide 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 Conclusion Appendix: Selden's Letter to Jonson (Jason P. Rosenblatt and Winfried Schleiner (eds.))