The Bloomsbury companion to Jewish studies. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The Bloomsbury companion to Jewish studies. (2013)
- Main Title:
- The Bloomsbury companion to Jewish studies
- 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.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.320954
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