Judaism viewed from within and from without : anthropological studies / edited and with introductions by Harvey E. Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldberg, Harvey E.

Series:

SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies

SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies

SUNY series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.

Jewish law.

Judaism--United States.

Judaism.

Jews--United States--Social conditions.

Jews.

Judaism--Israel.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 352 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without presents three themes. The first applies anthropological analyses to classic textual material in Judaism, the second presents studies of different expressions of Jewish life in America, while the third portrays varieties of Judaism among different cultural groups in contemporary Israel.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Reflections on the Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Judaic Studies""; ""Content""; ""History and Patterning""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""The Laws of Mixture: An Anthropological Study in Halakhah""; ""The Consumption of Sabbatical Year Produce in Biblicaland Rabbinic Literature""; ""Torah and Children: Some Symbolic Aspects of the Reproduction of Jews and Judaism""; ""Judaism in America""; ""Introduction to Part II""

""""Life Not Death in Venice"": Its Second Life"" ""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Drama on a Table: The Bobover Hasidim Piremshbpiyl""; ""Judaism in Israel""; ""Introduction to Part III""; ""Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism""; ""The Symbolic Inscription of Zionist Ideology in the Space of Eretz Yisrael: Why the Native Israeli is called Tsabar""

""Dreams and the Wishes of the Saint"" ""Back Matter""; ""Epilogue: Text in Jewish Society and the Challenge of Comparison""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

9781438404288

143840428X

OCLC:

794701316