Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies, University of OxfordJeremy Cohen is Professor of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv UniversityDavid Sorkin is Professor of Jewish History, University of Wisconsin

impressive and highly useful volume... The remarkably large coverage of this volume reflects a broad conception of Jewish Studies, which will make it particularly useful to those looking for an introduction to fields they do not know... The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies is a very timely, very welcome, and very useful publication, which will introduce order into our perception of this heterogeneous field and help structure it as well.

• 1. The Nature of Jewish Studies ; 2.1a Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies ; 2.2a Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period ; 2.2b Jewish Literature in the Second Temple Period ; 2.3a Jews and Judaism in the Talmudic Period ; 2.3b Classical Rabbinic Literature ; 3.1 Medieval Jewry in Christendom ; 3.2 Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam ; 3.3 Rabbinic Scholarship in the Middle Ages ; 3.4 Medieval Judaism ; 3.5 Medieval Jewish Literature ; 3.6 Medieval Karaism ; 4.1 Oriental and Sephardic Jewry since 1492 ; 4.2 European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750 ; 4.3 Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1933 ; 4.4 Eastern European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1939 ; 4.5 The Holocaust and its Aftermath ; 4.6 Settlement and State in the Land of Israel ; 4.7 Jews and Judaism in America ; 5.1a Hebrew Language ; 5.1b Modern Hebrew Literature ; 5.2 Yiddish Studies ; 5.3 Ladino Studies ; 5.4 Judaeo-Arabic and judaeo-Persian Studies ; 5.5 Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures since 1492 ; 6.1 Halakha and Law ; 6.2 Bible Interpretation ; 6.3 Mysticism and Magic ; 6.4 Liturgy ; 6.5 Jewish Philosophy and Theology ; 7. Jewish Women's Studies ; 8. Demography ; 9. Art, Architecture, and Archaeology ; 10. Music ; 11. Theatre ; 12. Film ; 13. Antisemitism ; 14. Folklore and Ethnography ; 15. Modern Jewish Society and Sociology

Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies, University of OxfordJeremy Cohen is Professor of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv UniversityDavid Sorkin is Professor of Jewish History, University of Wisconsin

impressive and highly useful volume... The remarkably large coverage of this volume reflects a broad conception of Jewish Studies, which will make it particularly useful to those looking for an introduction to fields they do not know... The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies is a very timely, very welcome, and very useful publication, which will introduce order into our perception of this heterogeneous field and help structure it as well.

• 1. The Nature of Jewish Studies ; 2.1a Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies ; 2.2a Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period ; 2.2b Jewish Literature in the Second Temple Period ; 2.3a Jews and Judaism in the Talmudic Period ; 2.3b Classical Rabbinic Literature ; 3.1 Medieval Jewry in Christendom ; 3.2 Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam ; 3.3 Rabbinic Scholarship in the Middle Ages ; 3.4 Medieval Judaism ; 3.5 Medieval Jewish Literature ; 3.6 Medieval Karaism ; 4.1 Oriental and Sephardic Jewry since 1492 ; 4.2 European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750 ; 4.3 Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1933 ; 4.4 Eastern European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1939 ; 4.5 The Holocaust and its Aftermath ; 4.6 Settlement and State in the Land of Israel ; 4.7 Jews and Judaism in America ; 5.1a Hebrew Language ; 5.1b Modern Hebrew Literature ; 5.2 Yiddish Studies ; 5.3 Ladino Studies ; 5.4 Judaeo-Arabic and judaeo-Persian Studies ; 5.5 Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures since 1492 ; 6.1 Halakha and Law ; 6.2 Bible Interpretation ; 6.3 Mysticism and Magic ; 6.4 Liturgy ; 6.5 Jewish Philosophy and Theology ; 7. Jewish Women's Studies ; 8. Demography ; 9. Art, Architecture, and Archaeology ; 10. Music ; 11. Theatre ; 12. Film ; 13. Antisemitism ; 14. Folklore and Ethnography ; 15. Modern Jewish Society and Sociology

Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies, University of OxfordJeremy Cohen is Professor of Jewish Studies, Tel Aviv UniversityDavid Sorkin is Professor of Jewish History, University of Wisconsin

impressive and highly useful volume... The remarkably large coverage of this volume reflects a broad conception of Jewish Studies, which will make it particularly useful to those looking for an introduction to fields they do not know... The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies is a very timely, very welcome, and very useful publication, which will introduce order into our perception of this heterogeneous field and help structure it as well.

• 1. The Nature of Jewish Studies ; 2.1a Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies ; 2.2a Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period ; 2.2b Jewish Literature in the Second Temple Period ; 2.3a Jews and Judaism in the Talmudic Period ; 2.3b Classical Rabbinic Literature ; 3.1 Medieval Jewry in Christendom ; 3.2 Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam ; 3.3 Rabbinic Scholarship in the Middle Ages ; 3.4 Medieval Judaism ; 3.5 Medieval Jewish Literature ; 3.6 Medieval Karaism ; 4.1 Oriental and Sephardic Jewry since 1492 ; 4.2 European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750 ; 4.3 Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1933 ; 4.4 Eastern European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1939 ; 4.5 The Holocaust and its Aftermath ; 4.6 Settlement and State in the Land of Israel ; 4.7 Jews and Judaism in America ; 5.1a Hebrew Language ; 5.1b Modern Hebrew Literature ; 5.2 Yiddish Studies ; 5.3 Ladino Studies ; 5.4 Judaeo-Arabic and judaeo-Persian Studies ; 5.5 Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures since 1492 ; 6.1 Halakha and Law ; 6.2 Bible Interpretation ; 6.3 Mysticism and Magic ; 6.4 Liturgy ; 6.5 Jewish Philosophy and Theology ; 7. Jewish Women's Studies ; 8. Demography ; 9. Art, Architecture, and Archaeology ; 10. Music ; 11. Theatre ; 12. Film ; 13. Antisemitism ; 14. Folklore and Ethnography ; 15. Modern Jewish Society and Sociology