ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The editors would like to thank Chaya Halberstam, Moulie Vidas, and Zvi Septimus, who participated in a workshop on the topic at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, on April 14–15, 2015, as well as Jonathan Boyarin. Many conversations with them, both during and after those years, have proven deeply informative for the shape of this volume. We are thankful to Alex Weisberg for serving as assistant editor in earlier stages of the book’s development. This is also an opportunity to recognize personally all of the contributors and our many conversations with them from which this book has emerged. We are deeply thankful to Zachary Braiterman, the series editor, for his initial interest in the project and his ongoing care as the project advanced through further stages, as well as Assistant Acquisitions Editor Anna Francis at Indiana University Press for her dedication to the project and Tim DeBold of Atramenti Editing for his expert hand in helping to prepare the volume for publication. We also thank Anthony Catanese for preparing the Index.

For their support in the publication process, we gratefully acknowledge the Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professorship in Jewish Thought of SUNY–Buffalo and the Saint Louis University Research Institute.