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In Jethro and the Jews , Beatrice J. W. Lawrence examines rabbinic texts that address the biblical character of Jethro, a Midianite priest, Moses’ advisor and father-in-law, and the creator of the system of Jewish jurisprudence. Lawrence explores biblical interpretations in Midrash, Targum and Talmud, revealing a spectrum of responses to the presence of a man who straddles the line between insider and outsider. Ranging from character assassination to valorization of Jethro as a convert, these interpretive strategies reveal him to be a locus of anxiety for the rabbis concerning conversion, community boundaries, intermarriage, and non-Jews.

296*1 --- 296*1 Hebreeuwse bijbel: targum; midrasj; bijbelcommentaren; haggadische verzamelingen--(algemeen) --- Hebreeuwse bijbel: targum; midrasj; bijbelcommentaren; haggadische verzamelingen--(algemeen) --- Rabbinical literature --- Jews --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- History and criticism. --- Identity. --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Jethro --- Hobab --- Ḥovav --- Jether --- Raguel --- Reuel --- Yeter --- Yitro --- Bible. --- Chumash --- Five Books of Moses --- Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah --- Ḥumash --- Kitāb-i Muqqadas --- Mose Ogyŏng (Book of the Old Testament) --- Pentateuch --- Pi︠a︡toknizhīe Moiseevo --- Sefer Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah --- Tawrāh --- Torà (Pentateuch) --- Torah (Pentateuch) --- Tʻoris xutʻcigneuli --- Ureta --- תורה --- Haftarot --- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.