The Bloomsbury companion to Jewish studies. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Companion to Jewish studies; Jewish studies
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dean Phillip Bell.
• Editors: Bell, Dean Phillip, 1967-
• Other Names: Bell, Dean Phillip 1967- contributor.
• Contents: List of contributors -- Acknowledgement -- 1. Introduction / Dean Phillip Bell -- Part I: Judaism and Jewish Society from the Bible to modernity: 2. The Hebrew Bible -- Leonard J. Greenspoon -- 3. The World of the Rabbis -- Gary G. Porton -- New Contexts: Medieval Jews and Judaism: 4. Comparative Medieval Perspectives / Elisheva Baumgarten and Marina Rustow -- 5. Jews and the Islamic World: Transitions from Rabbinic to Medieval Contexts / Marina Rustow -- 6. Medieval Jews and Judaism in Christian contexts / Elisheva Baumgarten -- Changing Tempos and Foci: looking to modernity: 7. Early Modern Jews and Judaism / Dean Phillip Bell -- 8. Modernity, Judaism, and Jews / Gil Graff. Part II: Reorienting contemporary Jewry and Jewish studies: 9. Mainstreams and margins: rethinking contemporary Jewry / Yehuda Kurtzer -- 10. Women, gender, and Judaism / Judith R. Baskin -- 11. Jewish arts and material culture / Judah M. Cohen -- 12. Jewish demography: discipline, definitions, data, investigators, interpretations / Sergio DellaPergola -- 13. The State of Israel studies: an emerging academic field / Michael Kotzin and Elie Rekhess -- Part III: Resources.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (24 entries), 8 images
• Subjects: 909.04924; Judaism; Jews -- History; Jews -- Study and teaching; Judaism -- History; Jews; Jews -- Study and teaching; Judaism; Judaism: theology; Religion -- Judaism -- General; Religion -- Judaism -- Theology; Social Science -- Jewish Studies; Jewish studies; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472505408; 1472505409; 9781785390876; 1785390872
• Related ISBNs: 9781441158574; 144115857X; 9781472513267
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title page of print version.
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