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Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology – Authority, Diaspora, Tradition: Jewish Culture and Contexts

Autor Ra`anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, Marina Rustow
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 feb 2011
This volume explores forms of Jewish experience that span the period from antiquity to the present and encompass a wide range of textual, ritual, spatial, and visual materials. Chapters devote sustained attention to three key concepts-authority, diaspora, and tradition-that have long been central to the study of Jews and Judaism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780812243031
ISBN-10: 081224303X
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 159 x 236 x 39 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press
Seria Jewish Culture and Contexts


Cuprins

Preface
—David B. Ruderman
Introduction: Anthropology, History, and the Remaking of Jewish Studies
—Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow
PART I. AUTHORITY
Chapter 1. "How Do You Know That I Am a Jew?": Authority, Cultural Identity, and the Shaping of Postwar American Judaism
—Riv-Ellen Prell
Chapter 2. Rabbis and Their (In)Famous Magic: Classical Foundations, Medieval and Early Modern Reverberations
—J. H. Chajes
Chapter 3. Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Beit She'an, Israel
—Yoram Bilu
Chapter 4. Words, Images, and Magic: The Protection of the Bride and Bridegroom in Jewish Marriage Contracts
—Shalom Sabar
PART II. DIASPORA
Chapter 5. The Dislocation of the Temple Vessels: Mobile Sanctity and Rabbinic Rhetorics of Space
—Ra'anan S. Boustan
Chapter 6. Sacred Space, Local History, and Diasporic Identity: The Graves of the Righteous in Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz
—Lucia Raspe
Chapter 7. Detours in a "Hidden Land": Samuel Romanelli's Masa' ba'rav
—Andrea Schatz
Chapter 8. The Rhetoric of Rescue: "Salvage Immigration" Narratives in
Israeli Culture
—Tamar Katriel
PART III. TRADITION
Chapter 9. Judaism and Tradition: Continuity, Change, and Innovation
—Albert I. Baumgarten and Marina Rustow
Chapter 10. In the Path of Our Fathers: On Tradition and Time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and Beyond
—Sylvie Anne Goldberg
Chapter 11. Prayer, Literacy, and Literary Memory in the Jewish Communities of Medieval Europe
—Ephraim Kanarfogel
Chapter 12. A Temple in Your Kitchen: Hafrashat @Hallah—The Rebirth of a Forgotten Ritual as a Public Ceremony
—Tamar El-Or
Chapter 13. Judaism and the Idea of Ancient Ritual Theory
—Michael D. Swartz
Epilogue. Toward an Integrative Approach in Jewish Studies: A View from Anthropology
—Harvey E. Goldberg
Notes
List of Contributors
Index


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