Jewish studies at the crossroads of anthropology and history : authority, diaspora, tradition / edited by Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow.
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011. |
| Description | x, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Boustan, Raʻanan S., 1971- |
| Other author/creator | Kosansky, Oren. |
| Other author/creator | Rustow, Marina. |
| Other author/creator | Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. |
| Series | Jewish culture and contexts Jewish culture and contexts. ^A540726 |
| Contents | 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. |
| General note | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-413) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010034237 |
| ISBN | 9780812243031 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 081224303X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019068225 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BM42 .J485 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |