Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics Jewish Authority, Dissent, and Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Times

"The influential leaders, institutions, and texts that make up rabbinic culture have held a central place in Judaism since the Middle Ages and have given Jewish cultures across the world remarkably uniform systems of law and doctrines into the modern period. Even so, dissent from mainstream rabbinic culture always existed, prompted by matters such as textual interpretation, differences of authority, and definitions of spirituality. Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics exposes some of the views of these often-overlooked critics, sectarians, and so-called heretics as an important historical category in Jewish culture."--BOOK JACKET.Frank, Daniel is the author of 'Rabbinic Culture and Its Critics Jewish Authority, Dissent, and Heresy in Medieval and Early Modern Times', published 2007 under ISBN 9780814332375 and ISBN 0814332374.