Melilah / Suppl. 1.2012 Normative Judaism? : Jews, Judaism and Jewish identity : proceedings of the British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS) conference 2008 / editors, Daniel R. Langton and Philip S. Alexander, editorial assistant Francesca Frazer

This supplementary volume of Melilah is a collection of short case studies considering the issue of normatively in Judaism and Jewish identity. The questions of how and why certain aspects of Jewish life and thought come to be regarded as authoritative or normative, rather than inauthentic or margin...

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Subtitles:Jews, Judaism and Jewish identity
Proceedings of the British Association for Jewish Studies (BAJS) conference 2008
Corporate Author: British Association for Jewish Studies Conference (2008, Manchester, England) (Author)
Contributors: Alexander, Philip S. 1947- (Editor) ; Langton, Daniel R. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies, Manchester University 2012
Piscataway, N.J Gorgias Press 2012
In: Melilah Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies
Year: 2012
Further subjects:B Jews Identity Congresses
B Judaism Congresses
B Jews History Congresses
B Conference program
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Summary:This supplementary volume of Melilah is a collection of short case studies considering the issue of normatively in Judaism and Jewish identity. The questions of how and why certain aspects of Jewish life and thought come to be regarded as authoritative or normative, rather than inauthentic or marginal, have been and continue to be contentious ones. The approach adopted here is to allow distinct case studies, mainly but not exclusively from the modern period, to speak for themselves. Topics include the philosopher Moses Maimonides, the composer Felix Mendelssohn, the self-perception of communal leadership in Manchester during the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, a comparison of unpublished sermons by a British Orthodox and a British Reform Rabbi during the First World War, Orthodox rabbinic debate about war in general, representations of Jews in photographic exhibitions, the idea of Jewish music, and the academic study of Judaism itself.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:1607241617
ISSN:1759-1953
Contains:: Melilah Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies