Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Assessing the Ashkenazic Context -- 2. Establishing Boundaries: Immersion, Repentance, Verification -- 3. The Effectiveness of Marriage and Participation in Ḥaliẓah -- 4. Economic Issues and the Implications for Other Areas of Jewish Law: Money-Lending at Interest -- 5. Between Jews and Christians: Doctrinal and Societal Changes -- 6. Reverting Apostates in Christian Spain: Sources and Strategies -- 7. The Responsa and Rulings of Israel Isserlein and His Contemporaries -- Conclusion
Appendix: Rabbinic Scholars in Europe during the High Middle Ages -- Index of Manuscript References -- Index of Subjects and Names -- About the Author
