Originally published in the Jewish Chronicle. Who was a Jew? Rabbinic and Halachic Perspectives on the Jewish-Christian Schism. By Lawrence H. Schiffman. Ktav. $8.95 (paperback), $14.95 (cloth). In this small but very erudite book (78 pages of text, 24 pages of learned notes), a clear account is given of how the final break between Jews and…
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