Key Words in Jewish Studies – serie
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23 produkter
Space and Place in Jewish Studies
Inbunden, 2012
1462 kr
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Scholars in the humanities have become increasingly interested in questions of how space is produced and perceived-and they have found that this consideration of human geography greatly enriches our understanding of cultural history. This “spatial turn” equally has the potential to revolutionize …
Space and Place in Jewish Studies
Häftad, 2012
389 kr
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Scholars in the humanities have become increasingly interested in questions of how space is produced and perceived-and they have found that this consideration of human geography greatly enriches our understanding of cultural history. This “spatial turn” equally has the potential to revolutionize …
Jewish Studies
A Theoretical Introduction
Av Andrew Bush
Häftad, 2013
389 kr
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Jewish Studies, the first volume in a groundbreaking new series, Key Words in Jewish Studies, introduces the basic approach of the series by organizing discussion around key concepts in the field that have emerged over the last two centuries: history and science, race and religion, self and …
Haskalah
The Romantic Movement in Judaism
Av Olga Litvak
Häftad, 2012
414 kr
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Commonly translated as the “Jewish Enlightenment,” the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe’s age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded a …
Haskalah
The Romantic Movement in Judaism
Av Olga Litvak
Inbunden, 2012
1431 kr
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Commonly translated as the “Jewish Enlightenment,” the Haskalah propelled Jews into modern life. Olga Litvak argues that the idea of a Jewish modernity, championed by adherents of this movement, did not originate in Western Europe’s age of reason. Litvak contends that the Haskalah spearheaded a …
Shtetl
A Vernacular Intellectual History
Häftad, 2014
444 kr
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In Yiddish, shtetl simply means “town.” How does such an unassuming word come to loom so large in modern Jewish culture, with a proliferation of uses and connotations? By examining the meaning of shtetl, Jeffrey Shandler asks how Jewish life in provincial towns in Eastern Europe has become the …
Shtetl
A Vernacular Intellectual History
Inbunden, 2014
1718 kr
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In Yiddish, shtetl simply means “town.” How does such an unassuming word come to loom so large in modern Jewish culture, with a proliferation of uses and connotations? By examining the meaning of shtetl, Jeffrey Shandler asks how Jewish life in provincial towns in Eastern Europe has become the …
Jewish Families
Häftad, 2013
389 kr
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From stories of biblical patriarchs and matriarchs and their children, through the Gospel’s Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and to modern Jewish families in fiction, film, and everyday life, the family has been considered key to transmitting Jewish identity. Current discussions about the …
Jewish Families
Inbunden, 2013
1431 kr
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From stories of biblical patriarchs and matriarchs and their children, through the Gospel’s Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and to modern Jewish families in fiction, film, and everyday life, the family has been considered key to transmitting Jewish identity. Current discussions about the …
Jew
Häftad, 2017
457 kr
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Jew. The word possesses an uncanny power to provoke and unsettle. For millennia, Jew has signified the consummate Other, a persistent fly in the ointment of Western civilization’s grand narratives and cultural projects. Only very recently, however, has Jew been reclaimed as a term of …
Jewish Peoplehood
An American Innovation
Av Noam Pianko
Häftad, 2015
382 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Saul Viener Book Prize from the American Jewish Historical SocietyAlthough fewer American Jews today describe themselves as religious, they overwhelmingly report a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people. Indeed, Jewish peoplehood has eclipsed religion-as well as …
Jewish Peoplehood
An American Innovation
Av Noam Pianko
Inbunden, 2015
1462 kr
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Winner of the 2017 Saul Viener Book Prize from the American Jewish Historical SocietyAlthough fewer American Jews today describe themselves as religious, they overwhelmingly report a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people. Indeed, Jewish peoplehood has eclipsed religion-as well as …
Holocaust
An American Understanding
Häftad, 2016
393 kr
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Immediately after World War II, there was little discussion of the Holocaust, but today the word has grown into a potent political and moral symbol, recognized by all. In Holocaust: An American Understanding, renowned historian Deborah E. Lipstadt explores this striking evolution in Holocaust …
Holocaust
An American Understanding
Inbunden, 2016
1506 kr
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Immediately after World War II, there was little discussion of the Holocaust, but today the word has grown into a potent political and moral symbol, recognized by all. In Holocaust: An American Understanding, renowned historian Deborah E. Lipstadt explores this striking evolution in Holocaust …
Judaism
The Genealogy of a Modern Notion
Häftad, 2018
429 kr
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Judaism makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of 'Judaism' is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual journey of world-renowned Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin, this book will change the study of "Judaism"—an essential key word in Jewish Studies—as we understand …
Zionism
An Emotional State
Häftad, 2023
316 kr
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Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for many, Zionism is a source of distaste if not disgust, and those who reject it are no less …
Zionism
An Emotional State
Inbunden, 2023
725 kr
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Emotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for many, Zionism is a source of distaste if not disgust, and those who reject it are no less …
Orthodoxy
A Modern Denomination
Häftad, 2027
378 kr
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While insiders and even many outsiders perceive Orthodoxy as an authentic continuation of pre-modern Jewish forms, in fact it is no less a product of modernity than its religious and political competitors. Like the others, Orthodoxy represents a range of self-conscious attempts to negotiate a …
Orthodoxy
A Modern Denomination
Inbunden, 2027
1376 kr
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While insiders and even many outsiders perceive Orthodoxy as an authentic continuation of pre-modern Jewish forms, in fact it is no less a product of modernity than its religious and political competitors. Like the others, Orthodoxy represents a range of self-conscious attempts to negotiate a …
Conversion
Häftad, 2025
386 kr
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In Conversion, Miriam Bodian considers the now-universalized term "conversion" in a Jewish context as broadly as possible, as an act of socioreligious boundary crossing. It charts how, across the long arc of Jewish history from biblical times to the present, patterns of boundary crossing have …
Conversion
Inbunden, 2025
1355 kr
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In Conversion, Miriam Bodian considers the now-universalized term "conversion" in a Jewish context as broadly as possible, as an act of socioreligious boundary crossing. It charts how, across the long arc of Jewish history from biblical times to the present, patterns of boundary crossing have …
Jewish Education
Av Ari Y Kelman
Häftad, 2024
386 kr
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Most writing about Jewish education has been preoccupied with two questions: What ought to be taught? And what is the best way to teach it? Ari Y Kelman upends these conventional approaches by asking a different question: How do people learn to engage in Jewish life? This book, by centering …
Jewish Education
Av Ari Y Kelman
Inbunden, 2024
1355 kr
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Most writing about Jewish education has been preoccupied with two questions: What ought to be taught? And what is the best way to teach it? Ari Y Kelman upends these conventional approaches by asking a different question: How do people learn to engage in Jewish life? This book, by centering …
