The Oxford handbook of Jewish studies / edited by Martin Goodman ; associate editors, Jeremy Cohen and David Sorkin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Martin, 1953-

Cohen, Jeremy, 1953-

Sorkin, David Jan

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Study and teaching.

Judaism.

Jews--Civilization--Study and teaching.

Jews.

Jews--Civilization.

Physical Description:

xiv, 1037 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [england] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.

Contents:

The nature of Jewish studies / Martin Goodman

Biblical studies and Jewish studies / Alan Cooper

Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period / Martin Goodman

The literature of the Second Temple Period / John J. Collins

Historiography on the Jews in the 'Talmudic Period': 70-640 CE / Seth Schwartz

Classical Rabbinic literature / Catherine Hezser

The narratives of medieval Jewish history / Joseph Dan

Medieval Jewry in Christendom / Ram Ben-Shalom

Medieval Jewry in the world of Islam / Mark R. Cohen

Rabbinic literature in the Middle Ages: 1000-1492 / Israel Ta-Shma

The study of Hebrew literature of the Middle Ages: major trends and goals / Tova Rosen and Eli Yassif

Medieval Karaism / Meira Polliack

Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries since 1492 / Sarah Abrevaya Stein

European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750 / Elisheva Carlebach

Western and Central European Jewry in the modern period: 1750-1933 / David Rechter

Eastern European Jewry in the modern period: 1750-1939 / Michael Stanislawski

The Holocaust / Saul Friedlander

Settlement and state in Eretz Israel / S. Ilan Troen

American Jewish history / Hasia Diner

The Hebrew language / Pablo-Isaac Halevi (Kirtchuk).

Modern Hebrew Literature / Glenda Abramson

Yiddish studies / Cecilia E. Kuznitz

Judaeo-Spanish studies / Ora R. Schwarzwald

Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Persian / Geoffrey Khan

Other Diaspora Jewish literatures since 1492 / Ilan Stavans

Halacha and law / Bernard Jackson, with B. Lifshitz, A. Gray, and D.B. Sinclair

Bible interpretation / Michael Fishbane

Mysticism / Philip S. Alexander

Jewish liturgy and Jewish scholarship: method and cosmology / Lawrence A. Hoffman

Jewish philosophy and theology / Paul Mendes-Flohr

Jewish women's studies / Tal Ilan

Demography / Sergio Della Pergola

Art, architecture, and archaeology / Lee I. Levine

Music / Philip V. Bohlman

Jewish theatre / Ahuvia Belkin and Gad Kaynar

Jewish and Israeli film studies / Moshe Zimerman

Anti-semitism research / Wolfgang Benz

Jewish folklore and ethnography / Galit Hasan-Rokem

Modern Jewish society and sociology / Harvey E. Goldberg.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Scholarship, Winner, 2002-2003

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0198299966

9780198299967

0199280320

9780199280322

OCLC:

50738353

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