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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Altri autori: Boustan, Raʿanan S. 1971- (Redattore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press 2011
In:Anno: 2011
Recensioni:[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 -)
Edizione:1. ed
Periodico/Rivista:Jewish culture and contexts
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Ebraismo / Autorità / Antropologia
Altre parole chiave:B Judaism Study and teaching
B Jews Study and teaching
B Raccolta di saggi
B Authority Religious aspects Judaism
B Tradition (Judaism)
B Jewish Diaspora
Accesso online: Book review (H-Net)
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Riepilogo: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
Descrizione del documento: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