Assimilation Versus Separation

How to behave in the diaspora has been a central problem for Jews over the ages

Aaron Wildavsky (1930-1993) was considered one of the most innovative and prolific scholars in the field of political research in our time. He is the author of Dilemmas of Presidential Leadership ( with Richard Ellis), The Beleaguered Presidency, and Craftways: On the Organization of Scholarly Work.

Introduction: The Political Consequences of a God-Centered Religion; 1: No Foreigner Can Control Israel: The Wife-Sister Motif Prefigures the Joseph Stories; 2: Survival Must Not Be Gained through Sin: The Moral of the Joseph Stories Prefigured through Judah and Tamar, Ruth and Naomi, Joseph and Mrs. Potiphar; 3: The Dreamer Is the Dream; 4: Fathers, Sons, and Brothers: Joseph and His Family; 5: The Egyptianization of Joseph Compared to the Hebraicization of Daniel and Esther; 6: Joseph the Administrator; 7: If These Are Jacob's Blessings, What Would His Curses Be Like?; 8: Why Joseph-the-Assimilator Is Superseded by Moses-the-Lawgiver; 9: The Path Not Taken