A Jew's best friend? : the image of the dog throughout Jewish history /: the image of the dog throughout Jewish history. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman and Rakefet Zalashik.
• Other Names: Lieberman, Phillip I, 1970-; Zalashik, Rakefet, 1973-
• Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter Two: From Unclean Species to Man's Best Friend: Dogs in the Biblical, Mishnah, and Talmud Periods -- Sophia Menache; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Dog Cult in Persian Period Judea -- Meir Edrey; Chapter Three: Good Dog-Bad Dog: Jews and Their Dogs in Ancient Jewish Society -- Joshua Schwartz; Chapter Four: Uncultured, Uncontrolled, and Untrustworthy-Yet Protective and Productive!: The Dog in the Mindset of the Jews of Medieval Islam -- Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman. Chapter Five: The Bread, the Children, and the Dogs -- Kenneth StowChapter Six: "If a Jew Has a Dog ... ": Dogs in Yiddish Proverbs -- Robert A. Rothstein; Chapter Seven: A Dog without a People for People without a Dog: Rudolphina Menzel and Canines in Canaan -- Susan M. Kahn; Chapter Eight: Only Yesterday: A Hebrew Dog and the Colonial Dynamics in Pre-Mandate Palestine -- Uri S. Cohen; Chapter Nine: An Israeli Heroine?: .Azit the Canine Paratrooper -- Rakefet J. Zalashik; Chapter Ten: Adam Resurrected: A "Dog's" Journey from the Circus to Asylum -- Iftah Biran. Chapter Eleven: Taking the Circumcised Dog by the Throat: A Critical Review of Contemporary Rituals for Dogs in America -- Aubrey L. GlazerChapter Twelve: Teaching the Jews and the Dog: A Pedagogical Essay -- Katharine Baker and Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman; The Contributors; Index.
• Publisher Details: Brighton Portland, Or : Sussex Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 283 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 296.7; Dogs -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Dogs in the Bible; Dogs -- Social aspects; Human-animal relationships -- Religious aspects; Jews -- Social life and customs; Chiens -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme; Chiens -- Aspect social; Juifs -- Mœurs et coutumes; RELIGION -- Judaism -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Dogs -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Dogs in the Bible; Dogs -- Social aspects; Human-animal relationships -- Religious aspects; Jews -- Social life and customs; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782840510; 1782840516; 9781782840497; 1782840494
• Related ISBNs: 9781845194017; 1845194012; 9781845194024; 1845194020
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.