Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture (1993) applies the methods of New Historicism to the subject of Rabbinic attitudes toward sexuality. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity (1994) argues that misreadings of Paul the Apostle's universalist philosophy eventually led to violent coercion.
Carnal Israel: Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture (1993) uses New Historicism methods to examine Rabbinic views on sexuality. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity (1994) contends that misinterpretations of Paul's universalist philosophy ultimately resulted in coercive actions.