This volume explores forms of Jewish experience that span the period from antiquity to the present and encompass a wide range of textual, ritual, spatial, and visual materials. Chapters devote sustained attention to three key concepts--authority, diaspora, and tradition--that have long been central to the study of Jews and Judaism.
This volume explores forms of Jewish experience that span the period from antiquity to the present and encompass a wide range of textual, ritual, spatial, and visual materials. Chapters devote sustained attention to three key concepts--authority, diaspora, and tradition--that have long been central to the study of Jews and Judaism.
Edited by Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow
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Preface —David B. Ruderman Introduction: Anthropology, History, and the Remaking of Jewish Studies —Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow PART I. AUTHORITY Chapter 1. "How Do You Know That I Am a Jew?": Authority, Cultural Identity, and the Shaping of Postwar American Judaism —Riv-Ellen Prell Chapter 2. Rabbis and Their (In)Famous Magic: Classical Foundations, Medieval and Early Modern Reverberations —J. H. Chajes Chapter 3. Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Beit She'an, Israel —Yoram Bilu Chapter 4. Words, Images, and Magic: The Protection of the Bride and Bridegroom in Jewish Marriage Contracts —Shalom Sabar PART II. DIASPORA Chapter 5. The Dislocation of the Temple Vessels: Mobile Sanctity and Rabbinic Rhetorics of Space —Ra'anan S. Boustan Chapter 6. Sacred Space, Local History, and Diasporic Identity: The Graves of the Righteous in Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz —Lucia Raspe Chapter 7. Detours in a "Hidden Land": Samuel Romanelli's Masa' ba'rav —Andrea Schatz Chapter 8. The Rhetoric of Rescue: "Salvage Immigration" Narratives in Israeli Culture —Tamar Katriel PART III. TRADITION Chapter 9. Judaism and Tradition: Continuity, Change, and Innovation —Albert I. Baumgarten and Marina Rustow Chapter 10. In the Path of Our Fathers: On Tradition and Time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and Beyond —Sylvie Anne Goldberg Chapter 11. Prayer, Literacy, and Literary Memory in the Jewish Communities of Medieval Europe —Ephraim Kanarfogel Chapter 12. A Temple in Your Kitchen: Hafrashat @Hallah—The Rebirth of a Forgotten Ritual as a Public Ceremony —Tamar El-Or Chapter 13. Judaism and the Idea of Ancient Ritual Theory —Michael D. Swartz Epilogue. Toward an Integrative Approach in Jewish Studies: A View from Anthropology —Harvey E. Goldberg Notes List of Contributors Index
Preface —David B. Ruderman Introduction: Anthropology, History, and the Remaking of Jewish Studies —Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow PART I. AUTHORITY Chapter 1. "How Do You Know That I Am a Jew?": Authority, Cultural Identity, and the Shaping of Postwar American Judaism —Riv-Ellen Prell Chapter 2. Rabbis and Their (In)Famous Magic: Classical Foundations, Medieval and Early Modern Reverberations —J. H. Chajes Chapter 3. Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Beit She'an, Israel —Yoram Bilu Chapter 4. Words, Images, and Magic: The Protection of the Bride and Bridegroom in Jewish Marriage Contracts —Shalom Sabar PART II. DIASPORA Chapter 5. The Dislocation of the Temple Vessels: Mobile Sanctity and Rabbinic Rhetorics of Space —Ra'anan S. Boustan Chapter 6. Sacred Space, Local History, and Diasporic Identity: The Graves of the Righteous in Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz —Lucia Raspe Chapter 7. Detours in a "Hidden Land": Samuel Romanelli's Masa' ba'rav —Andrea Schatz Chapter 8. The Rhetoric of Rescue: "Salvage Immigration" Narratives in Israeli Culture —Tamar Katriel PART III. TRADITION Chapter 9. Judaism and Tradition: Continuity, Change, and Innovation —Albert I. Baumgarten and Marina Rustow Chapter 10. In the Path of Our Fathers: On Tradition and Time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and Beyond —Sylvie Anne Goldberg Chapter 11. Prayer, Literacy, and Literary Memory in the Jewish Communities of Medieval Europe —Ephraim Kanarfogel Chapter 12. A Temple in Your Kitchen: Hafrashat @Hallah—The Rebirth of a Forgotten Ritual as a Public Ceremony —Tamar El-Or Chapter 13. Judaism and the Idea of Ancient Ritual Theory —Michael D. Swartz Epilogue. Toward an Integrative Approach in Jewish Studies: A View from Anthropology —Harvey E. Goldberg Notes List of Contributors Index
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