Jewish studies at the crossroads of anthropology and history: authority, diaspora, tradition
Anthropology, history, and the remaking of Jewish studies / Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow -- "How do you know that I am a Jew?" : authority, cultural identity, and the shaping of postwar American Judaism / Riv-Ellen Prell -- Rabbis and their (in)famous magic :...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Pennsylvania Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Ra'anan S. Boustan; Oren Kosansky; Marina Rustow (Hrsg.), Jewish studies at the crossroads of anthropology and history. Authority, diaspora, tradition] (2013) (Boum, Aomar, 1970 -)
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History. Authority, Diaspora, Tradition (2012) (Hezser, Catherine, 1960 -) |
| Edition: | 1. ed |
| Series/Journal: | Jewish culture and contexts
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Authority
/ Anthropology
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Judaism Study and teaching B Jews Study and teaching B Authority Religious aspects Judaism B Tradition (Judaism) B Jewish Diaspora |
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| Summary: | Anthropology, history, and the remaking of Jewish studies / Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow -- "How do you know that I am a Jew?" : authority, cultural identity, and the shaping of postwar American Judaism / Riv-Ellen Prell -- Rabbis and their (in)famous magic : classical foundations, medieval and early modern reverberations / J. H. Chajes -- Dreamers in paradise : the rise and fall of a new holy site in Beit She'an, Israel / Yoram Bilu -- Words, images, and magic : the protection of the bride and bridegroom in Jewish marriage contracts / Shalom Sabar -- The dislocation of the temple vessels : mobile sanctity and rabbinic rhetorics of space / Ra'anan S. Boustan -- Sacred space, local history, and diasporic identity : the graves of the righteous in medieval and early modern Ashkenaz / Lucia Raspe -- Detours in a "hidden land" : Samuel Romanelli's Masa' ba'rav / Andrea Schatz -- The rhetoric of rescue : "salvage immigration" narratives in Israeli culture / Tamar Katriel -- Judaism and tradition : continuity, change, and innovation / Albert I. Baumgarten and Marina Rustow -- In the path of our fathers : on tradition and time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and beyond / Sylvie Anne Goldberg -- Prayer, literacy, and literary memory in the Jewish communities of medieval Europe / Ephraim Kanarfogel -- A temple in your kitchen : hafrashat @hallah-the rebirth of a forgotten ritual as a public ceremony / Tamar El-Or -- Judaism and the idea of ancient ritual theory / Michael D. Swartz -- Toward an integrative approach in Jewish studies : a view from anthropology / Harvey E. Goldberg |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-413) and index A collection of essays written by scholars invited to the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in 2003-2004 |
| ISBN: | 081224303X |