Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. The Materiality of Blue in Premodern Judaism 17
5. Chapter 2. Tekhelet in Medieval Jewish Mysticism: Cosmology, Theology, and Vision 40
6. Chapter 3. Blue Garments in Early Modern Judaism: Between Kabbalistic Symbolism and Social Practice 70
7. Chapter 4. The Modern Renaissance of the Tekhelet Dye 101
8. Chapter 5. Reactions to Modern Tekhelet: Blue as a Sociocultural Challenge 135
9. Conclusion 165
10. Glossary 177
11. Notes 179
12. Index 217
13. Acknowledgments 227