The Many Ways Jews Loved : A History from Printed Words and Images.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Constance.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love in literature.

Jewish literature--History and criticism.

Jewish literature.

Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.

Rabbinical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

"While acknowledging the ways in which persecution inevitably affects a community, this book deviates from most Jewish studies to survey the ways in which Jewish history has been shaped by the everyday experience of love. It examines erotic poetry, sensual art and literature, and biblical and rabbinic stories about lust. It reviews the ways in which Jewish law has both encouraged and regulated sexual interaction and studies the diversity of Jewish attitudes toward such relationships. It is a vast array of works whose authors and artists often speak to the confusion and failure of love while also finding a purpose in its pursuance. It tells the stories of those people who revel in love and of others who remember love and grieve in its absence"-- Provided by publisher".

Contents:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Foreword by Todd M. Endelman

Introduction

Part I-The Way Jews Loved Each Other

1. Overview Over Time

2. Marriage: Good, Better and Not So Good

3. The Bible In and Out of Love

4. The Family: More Questions Than Answers

5. The Golden Middle Ages

6. Midrash and Magic

7. The Many Languages of Love

8. Age of Reason-Challenge of Tradition

9. Chasing Modernity

10. Tracing Modernity

11. How God Coped with Sex

Part II-The Way Jews Loved Tradition

12. Essen un Fressen

13. Artisanship and Crafts

14. Laughing at Love

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-3821-7

OCLC:

1160568364