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ix Acknowledgments I am grateful to Jennifer Hammer from New York University Press for suggesting that I edit this volume and for her patience. I worked on the volume during sabbaticals at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Tikvah Center for Law and Jewish Civilization at New York University School of Law and also while serving as a faculty member at Northwestern University and the Jewish Theological Seminary. All these places provide settings that nurture rigorous and engaged scholarship, and I am privileged to be associated with each of them. Funding for producing the indices and proofreading was provided by the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation. I am, always, very grateful to their support for research in Jewish Studies. My friend Richard Tupper gave me consistently excellent advice on matters of writing, conceptualization, and style. Andrew Katz did a fine job of editing the manuscript and preparing it for publication. Leslie Rubin did a masterful job preparing the index and aiding me with the proofs. It was a pleasure working with her. My family —Jennifer, Avraham Ayyal, Sarah Gilah, and Eliana Shlomit—create the perfect mix of respect and love, sometimes letting me sit in my office to study and work, and sometimes coming in and thus reminding me it’s time to play. ‫הברכה‬ ‫על‬ ‫כלם‬ ‫יעמדו‬. Benjamin D. Sommer ‫תשע״ב‬ ‫כפור‬ ‫יום‬ ‫ערב‬ October 7, 2011 Teaneck, NJ This page intentionally left blank ...

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