Jewish eating and identity through the ages / David Kraemer.

New York : Routledge, [2007]

xii, 200 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-191) and index.

Introduction -- The biblical period: our animals, their animals -- The second temple period: the food of the gentiles -- The rabbinic period: "Thou shalt not eat a calf with a mother's milk" -- The rabbinic period: problematic mixings -- The rabbinic period: blessing food -- Waiting for the next meal -- Separating the dishes -- Crossing boundaries -- "Bugs in the system" (the Kashrut wars).