Goshen-Gottstein, Alon creator text New York Palgrave Macmillan 2016 monographic ENG x, 265 pages : Book presentation -- Presentation of author -- Model case presentation: the sheitel crisis -- Avoda zara: introducing the category -- Avoda zara: mental attitudes -- Understanding Avoda zara: the Maimonidean model -- Avoda zara between Jews and Gentiles: Nachmanides' model -- Shituf: applying a construct of Christianity to Hinduism -- Shituf: critical and constructive reflections -- Thinking of Hinduism in light of Meiri -- Do Jews and Hindus worship the same God? -- From Hindu God to Hindu Gods: confronting the particularity of Hindu deities -- Revisiting the worship of images: glimpses of a future dialogue -- When is a religion Avoda zara? Beyond a global approach to Hinduism. Idolatry Judaism Rabbinical literature Judaism Hinduism 296.399 GOS 9781137558206 1137558202 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1516/2015020352-t.html