"Israelaccording to the flesh" - the firstin the field ofJewish studiesgenderstudy, which determinedthe developmentof this discipline.DanielBoyarinseesliterature as asocial phenomenon,akin tolaw,politics, economics,and shows thefundamentalaspects of the Jewishreligion, which isstriving forthe spiritand mind, do notforgetsflesh.This book willprovide a deeper understandingTalmudictexts andrethink theidea of therelationshipof mind and bodythat underlieWestern culture,and in addition tosolutionspurelyacademicproblems, the authormakes no secretof his desireto influenceon modern society.