CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I. THE CONFESSIONAL STATE AND THE JEWS
7. CHAPTER 1. THE GENESIS OF CONFESSIONAL CHOICE 15
8. CHAPTER 2. THE MISSIONIZING MARKETPLACE 47
9. PART II. CONVERSION AND THE SHTETL 83
10. CHAPTER 3. SHTETLS, TAVERNS, AND BAPTISMS 85
11. CHAPTER 4. FROM VODKA TO VIOLENCE 121
12. PART III. CONVERTS ON THE MOVE
13. CHAPTER 5. RELAPSED CONVERTS AND TALES OF MARRANISM 159
14. CHAPTER 6. JEWISH CHRISTIAN SECTS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA 200
15. EPILOGUE 231
16. NOTES 245
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 309
18. INDEX 329