The Princeton Companion to Jewish Studies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batnitzky, Leora.

Contributor:

Krakowski, Eve.

Weitzman, Steven.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

An authoritative guide to Jewish studies, reflecting the latest research in a diverse and flourishing field Jewish studies is a dynamic, interdisciplinary field that draws on the methods of the modern academy--historical research, anthropology, literary studies, philosophy, religious studies, sociology, feminism, and the study of the arts and.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Rethinking the Past

1.1. A antiquity and Its Legacies

1. Scripture-Naphtali S. Meshel

2. From Israel to the Jews-Sylvie Honigman

3. The Rabbis-Moulie Vidas

1.2. Medieval Lives

4 .The Jewish Community-Marina Rustow

5. Everyday Judaism-Elisheva Baumgarten

6. Difference and Violence-Magda Teter

7. Piety and Knowledge-Maoz Kahana

1.3. Modernities

8. Citizenship-Julie E. Cooper

9. Colonialism-Ethan B. Katz

10. Catastrophe-Mark Roseman

11. Culture-Olga Litvak

Part 2. Ideas and Expression

12. God and the Sacred-Sarit Kattan Gribetz

13. Philosophy-Yonatan Y. Brafman

14. Lived Religion-Rachel B. Gross

15. Language-Sarah Bunin Benor

16. Literature-Shachar Pinsker

17. Music-Edwin Seroussi

18. Visual Culture-Maya Balakirsky Katz

19. Yiddish-Anna Shternshis

Part 3. Interactions and Identity

20. Sociology-Ilana M. Horwitz

21. Anthropology-Michal Kravel-Tovi

22. Law-Suzanne Last Stone

23. Race-Bruce Haynes

24. Gender-Laura Levitt

25. Mizrahi Culture-Lital Levy

26. Israel Studies-Jonathan Marc Gribetz

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-691-22082-4

OCLC:

1531322522