ELLIOTT HOROWITZ. Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence. (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World.) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2006. Pp. xiv, 340. $35.00.
ELLEN M. UMANSKY. From Christian Science to Jewish Science: Spiritual Healing and American Jews. New York: Oxford University Press. 2005. Pp. xvi, 245. $45.00.