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Gregorian & Biblical Press Religion and Politics: Religious Liberty and
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L'Erma Di Bretschneider Arabi. Arabs Recount Arabia Before Islam. Part II
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Peeters Publishers Spinoza Hebraisant: L'hebreu Dans Le Tractatus
Book SynopsisEtant donne l'actualite de Spinoza et le grand nombre d'editions et de traductions du Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, il etait important de faire le point sur une dimension negligee: celle de l'hebreu chez cet auteur. Cette langue est particulierement presente dans le Tractatus Theologico-Politicus et dans le Compendium Grammatices Linguae Hebraeae. L'hebreu est analyse grammaticalement par Spinoza, mais sa Grammaire est restee inachevee. L'etude de l'hebreu par Spinoza l'amene a une conception tres originale du texte et de la textualite. L'articulation latino-hebraique reproduit en un certain sens l'articulation qu'il existe dans la Bible hebraique entre le texte de l'Ecriture et le texte de la Lecture.
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Peeters Publishers Torah et Science: Perspectives Historiques et
Book SynopsisPar son enseignement au Seminaire Israelite de France et a l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Section de Sciences Religieuses), et par son oeuvre ecrite, Charles Touati a fourni des contributions de premiere importance a l'etude de la Torah et de la hokhmah, les sciences sacrees et les sciences profanes, dans le judaisme talmudique et medieval. En particulier, son apport a la connaissance de Gersonide et des philosophes et halakhistes provencaux a ete decisif. Des disciples et des collegues, en France et a l'etranger, lui offrent un tribut d'articles (en francais ou en anglais) qui illustrent le theme, constitutif du judaisme et de ses contradictions, des relations entre la Torah et la hokhmah, depuis l'epoque hellenistique jusqu'a nos jours. Contributeurs: R. Brague, S. Feldman, P. Fenton, G. Freudenthal, R. Goetschel, A. Guetta, M. Hadas-Lebel, W.Z Harvey, M. Kellner, D. Lasker, J.-P. Rotschild, D. Schwartz, C. Sirat. L'ouvrage comprend une bibliographie des travaux de Ch. Touati.
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Peeters Publishers La Langue DES Sages: Materiaux Pour Une Etude
Book SynopsisDepuis une cinquantaine d'annees, l'etude philologique et linguistique de l'hebreu mishnique - "la langue des sages" comme on la designe en hebreu contemporain s'est considerablement developpee. Sous l'impulsion d'E.-Y. Kutscher, la phonologie, la morphologie, la semantique, la syntaxe de l'hebreu mishnique, l'analyse de ses relations avec la langue de la Bible et avec l'arameen, la mise en lumiere de ses multiples traditions et de ses differents dialectes, ont ete renouvelees en profondeur. Les etudes de detail se sont multipliees. Cet ouvrage a pour ambition d'offrir au lecteur, qu'il s'interesse aux etudes juives ou a la linguistique semitique, une synthese des travaux recents. Il se compose de deux parties: une introduction generale a l'hebreu mishnique (sources, documents, histoire de la recherche) et une analyse linguistique de quatre textes choisis.
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Peeters Publishers Tables Et Index De La Revue Des Etudes Juives,
Book SynopsisComprend, pour les quarante livraisons parues entre 1980 et 1999, des tables par annees, des tables des auteurs, les theses routenues recemment, des auteurs dont les livres ont ete recenses, un index thematique, un index des manuscrits, ainsi que des tables et un index des illustrations. Une breve introduction en facilite le maniement et dresse un historique rapide de ces vingt ans de la Revue, dont les point forts sont demeures dans le periode l'Antiquite tardive, le moyen age et les temps modernes consideres du point de vue de l'histoire des litteratures juives comme de celui de l'histoire materielle et sociale des juifs, avec de tres riches rubriques bibliographiques qui couvrent aussi la periode contemporaine.
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Peeters Publishers Memoires, Mentalites Religieuses, Art Funeraire:
Book SynopsisConsiderer l'epitaphier juif du "Dieweg" comme une bibliotheque de pierre, dont les ouvrages furent ecrits par une communaute d'hommes et de femmes issus de quinze pays differents, constitue la ligne directrice de cet ouvrage. Les epitaphes, examinees comme des fragments de memoire et de mentalite enchasses dans le mineral, nous ont revele des indices historiques, sociologiques, epigraphiques et artistiques qui, tout au long du developpement, projettent un eclairage particulier et novateur sur la pensee juive contemporaine. Car, si le point de depart de nos travaux d'inventaire concernait la sauvegarde et l'etude d'un patrimoine funeraire juif, la presente publication s'inscrit pleinement dans le corpus plus vaste de l'etude des attitudes du judaisme face a la mort. Ainsi, notre propos s'efforce-t-il de voir dans quelle mesure les pensees gravees dans la pierre pendant pres de cent ans refletent-elles des aspects de la vie sociale et religieuse des communautes juives de Bruxelles? Les monuments qui surgissent de-ci de-la de l'epais feuillage, arborent une mosaique de langues - anglais, allemand, francais, hebreu, neerlandais et yiddish - qui, au travers des citations bibliques, talmudiques et des compositions profanes, relatent les differentes attitudes de nos predecesseurs devant la vie, devant la mort.
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Peeters Publishers Les communautés juives du sud-ouest de la France:
Book SynopsisCe livre est un recueil de recherches linguistiques sur les usages liturgiques et vernaculaires de l'hébreu dans les communautés de rite portugais du Sud-Ouest de la France. Il comprend aussi une édition de plusieurs textes liturgiques illustrant cette tradition. La présente étude comprend onze chapitres répartis en trois parties. La première partie relate les circonstances de la découverte des cahiers de Péreyre qui sont décrits brièvement avec des extraits significatifs, notamment le texte intégral de l'office du nouvel An. Ces textes sont accompagnés de commentaires linguistiques et d'annotations sur d'autres aspects de ces sources. La deuxième partie traite exhaustivement de questions linguistiques soulevées par l'hébreu liturgique en usage dans ces communautés et par des données tirées de la langue parlée et des documents écrits à Bordeaux et à Bayonne au cours des trois derniers siècles. Enfin, la troisième partie est principalement consacrée aux mots hébreux et araméens qui émaillent les langues parlées et écrites (espagnol, français et, dans une moindre mesure, portugais) de la nation portugaise et de ses descendants. L'ensemble est agrémenté d'un riche appareil d'annotations grammaticales de plus ou moins grande ampleur.
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Peeters Publishers Incantations Magiques Syriaques
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Peeters Publishers La bibliothèque de Gersonide d'après son
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Peeters Publishers Rashi Et La Culture Juive En France Du Nord Au
Book SynopsisLe monde juif participe a ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler la Renaissance du XIIe siecle. Il contribue a la renovation de l'exegese biblique, grace notamment a l'apport capital de Rashi (1040-1106), qui lui-meme engage l'exegese juive dans les voies nouvelles. Le present ouvrage fournit des contributions neuves aux differents aspects de l'oeuvre de Rashi, qui se trouve situe dans le mouvement culturel et historique de son temps. Une serie d'etudes est egalement consacree au rayonnement du Commentateur de la Bible, tant dans le monde juif (avec les tossafistes) que dans le monde chretien (fin du moyen age et XVIe siecle).
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Peeters Publishers A Cause DES Peres: Le Merite Des Peres Dans La
Book SynopsisCe livre reprend a frais nouveaux le theme du "Merite des Peres" (zekhut avot), plus de 70 ans apres l'ouvrage de A. Marmorstein, qui constituait jusqu'ici l'etude de reference sur le sujet. Une premiere partie, consacree a l'etude du vocabulaire, montre que ce theme n'est pas compatible avec la notion de gratuite, mais qu'il designe en fait la solidarite qui unit les patriarches a leur descendance. Les differents aspects de cette solidarite sont longuement presentes dans la deuxieme partie, qui explique en outre comment cette croyance est a la fois populaire et controversee. La troisieme partie porte sur l'expression du theme dans la priere synagogale. Le livre se termine par une annexe intitulee "Merite des peres et Nouveau Testament", qui replace la formule de Paul "aimes a cause des peres" (Rm 11,28) dans le contexte de la tradition juive.
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Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Poems of Levi Ibn Al-Tabban
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Oxford University Press Inc A Modern History of Japan
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MH - Indiana University Press The Jew in Cinema
Book SynopsisExplores cinematic representations of the "Jew" from film's early days to the presentTrade ReviewIn this important work, Omer Bartov examines how the cinematic representations of the 'Jew' as 'perpetrator', 'victim', 'hero' and 'anti-hero' emerge not only throughout the course of film history, but also within a larger cultural practice of stereotyping Jewish identity. His central concern is 'the manner in which the cinematic ''Jew'' reflects the popularization, transformation, resistance to, and reintroduction of anti-Semitic imagery'.Vol. 43, no. 2, 2009 -- Noah Shenker * Ph.D. candidate in Critical Studies at the School of Cinematic Arts,USCLA *A noted Holocaust scholar, Bartov (history, Brown) has written an extended analytical essay—as distinguished from an encyclopedia study—on the treatment of the figure of the Jew in some 70 European, American, and Israeli motion pictures. He examines these depictions under four separate categories: Jew as perpetrator, victim, hero, and antihero. As the subtitle indicates, the movies studied range chronologically from the 1920 German silent classic The Golem to Don't Touch My Holocaust (1994) and several others produced in Israel and dealing with current Jewish-Arab relations. Most of the films inevitably relate to the Shoah, its origins or aftereffects, and Bartov notes that Gentleman's Agreement (1947) managed to avoid mentioning the Holocaust almost entirely even though it deals with a journalist who posed as a Jew in order to investigate anti-semitism. Bartov's evaluations of individual films are perceptive and often provocative. He calls the television miniseries Holocaust (1978) one of the best cinematic productions ever made on this allegedly unrepresentable event despite its aesthetic limitations and occasional lapses into kitsch, and he is critical of accounts that distort historical reality by focusing on exceptional cases (The Pianist, Schindler's List) because they impede understanding and perpetuate stereotypes. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.July 2005 -- L. D. Stokes * emeritus, Dalhousie University *Bartov's style is refreshingly free of theoretical jargon and accessible to a wide audience. . . . a rich, deeply historicized, thoughtful, and provocative reading of a wide range of world cinema that grapples with the representation of Jewishness on screen. * Shofar *Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. The "Jew" as Perpetrator2. The "Jew" as Victim3. The "Jew" as Hero4. The "Jew" as Anti-HeroNotesIndexo
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University of Notre Dame Press Against All England
Book SynopsisAgainst All England examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that collectively argue for the localization of British literary history. These works, including very early monastic writing emanating from St. Werburgh's Abbey, the Chester Whitsun plays, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, seventeenth-century ceremonials, and various Stanley romances, share in the creation and revision of England's cultural tradition, demonstrating a vested interest in the intersection of landscape, language, and politics. Barrett's book grounds itself in Cestrian evidence in order to offer scholars a new, dynamic model of cultural topography, one that acknowledges the complex interlacing of regional and national identities within the longue durée extending from the post-Conquest period to the Restoration. Covering nearly five centuries of literary production within a single geographical location, the Trade Review“A study of plays, poems and chronicles produced in Cheshire that document a regional literary identity.” —The Chronicle Review“Identities national or local, and their links with landscape, borders, and the like, are a fashionable topic. . . . In five chapters, Against All England hence surveys five centuries of Cheshire writing with this theme. . . . The author has worked hard, providing maps of Cheshire and Chester, and even photographs of Chester now, with the chapel of St Nicholas. . .” —Modern Language Review“. . . a thorough historical study arguing for the importance of regional identities in dialogue with the national one. The book lives, however, not in that claim but in its many absorbing details. It is also interesting for what it adds to our knowledge of a great work of English literature outside our period, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” —Studies in English Literature 1500 – 1900“Barrett’s conclusion is a tour de force which reinforces many of the arguments of the book through an examination of present day Chester ceremonial . . . this remains an important book which should be read by all those concerned with place and space, identity, urban literature and the fundamental narratives by which we understand literary history.” —Review of English Studies“Offering a rich survey of Cheshire culture in a literary-historical analysis that transcends medieval-modern boundaries, Robert W. Barrett, Jr.’s Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-1656 provides a crucial intervention in recent conversations about medieval nationhood. Barrett’s Against All England powerfully presents the continuity of such regional discourse, even as his richly sourced study explores the varying medieval and early modern cultural and historical pressures negotiated by Cheshire writing.” —Journal of English and Germanic Philosophy“In this book, Robert W. Barrett, Jr., investigates the ways in which medieval and early modern Cheshire texts ‘work together to complicate persistent academic binaries of metropole and margin, centre and periphery, and nation and region.’ Barrett’s study demonstrates that regional identity can be shaped and asserted according to disparate agendas, showing how ‘county unit’ itself was always ‘a product of intraregional conflict and compromise’ as well as negotiation with national narratives.” —English Historical Review“Robert Barrett Jr. presents a spirited challenge to persistent chronological and national/regional boundaries in England, in particular those based on London’s literary production. Throughout the book, Barrett deftly shifts between literary and historical analysis, as for him local identity ‘has a material basis in distinct institutions and practices. . . . Barrett makes the most of the sources, working in gender, architectural, and other analyses to provide a crisp, detailed picture of the region and its identities.” —Sixteenth Century Journal“This is an ambitious scholarly book that will reward its readers not just because it provides a complex and subtle discussion of Cestrian writing but also because it is an engaging model for a nimble, spatially oriented literary history that asks us to reconsider every paradigm we hold dear.” —Speculum“Barrett succinctly and precisely situates his primary materials in terms of the local, regional, national, and even international issues they engage. Moreover, the book is noteworthy for Barrett’s graceful assertion of his claims while sustaining a generous stance toward other critics. The quality of the edition also merits mention. During a time when so many presses employ minuscule fonts to cut costs, Notre Dame has published a reader-friendly book.” —Modern Philology“This is a provocative and engaging study, which challenges previously held critical views of Cheshire and its literature. . . . Barrett’s monograph is path breaking and proposes fertile avenues for further research.” —Studies in the Age of Chaucer
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Yale University Press Churchills Promised Land Zionism and Statecraft
Book SynopsisExplores the role that Zionism played in the political thought of Winston Churchill. This title traces the development of Churchill's positions toward Zionism from the period leading up to the First World War through his final years as prime minister in the 1950s.Trade Review"'Makovsky's book demonstrates that Churchill's Zionism did not emerge fully formed but developed gradually, shaped by his other concerns and always ruled by his pragmatism... For an honest, but not hostile, explanation of Churchill's stance toward the Jewish world that also sheds much light on his outlook and his conduct as a politician, Michael Makovsky's account can hardly be bettered.' Literary Review 'A solidly constructed book... We are introduced, carefully and respectfully, to a corner of Churchill's mind and political behaviour that undoubtedly deserves exploration.' David Vital, Times Literary Supplement"
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Yale University Press Bernard Berenson
Book SynopsisAn illuminating new biography of the connoisseur who changed the art world and the way we see artTrade Review"A highly sympathetic and graceful portrait of Bernard Berenson, the art connoisseur and dealer who remade himself into a work of art, priced and priceless, which he protected, cultivated, and even at times bartered: Rachel Cohen's Bernard Berenson is an illuminating tale of this self-transformation, its successes and pitfalls, told with stalwart compassion."--Brenda Wineapple, author of Ecstatic Nation: Confidence, Crisis, and Compromise, 1848-1877 -- Brenda Wineapple"An insightful, richly detailed account of Bernard Berenson’s brilliant transformation from an immigrant Jew and son of a tin peddler into a connoisseur of Italian Renaissance painting and a dealer in secret partnership with Joseph Duveen. With the keen gaze that Berenson brought to a picture, Rachel Cohen analyzes his high-wire act of self-invention against the glittering, aristocratic, anti-Semitic world of art collecting."--Cynthia Saltzman -- Cynthia Saltzman"Cohen draws a psychological portrait of a man guided by passionate aesthetic ideals and tortured by the compromises in the world of commerce that he felt compelled to make. . . . If you live in an American city, there's a good chance that you can go to a museum today and see an exquisite Sienese Madonna, or a Venetian Holy Family, or a Florentine portrait. You have Berenson—and his collector-acolytes—to thank."—Hugh Eakin, Wall Street Journal -- Hugh Eakin * Wall Street Journal *"The most dynamic biography yet of the groundbreaking art historian Bernard Berenson...Cohen investigates Berenson’s contradictions, metamorphoses, and dramatically unconventional life with vivacious authority. . . . Cohen deftly channels the sweeping intensity of Berenson’s aesthetic ecstasy, hard-won expertise, surprising adventures, and vital legacy.”—Booklist, Starred Review * Booklist, Starred Review *"In her remarkable biography, Cohen approaches Berenson's life as a panorama full of artifice and profundity, whose brilliant flashes of color are inextricable from its substrates of shadow. The book leaves an indelible impression, not merely in the way it catalogues Berenson's accomplishments and failings, but also in its dissection of the struggle between desire and alienation that characterizes American art—and life—to this day."—Thomas Micchelli, Bookforum -- Thomas Micchelli * Bookforum *Book of the Week“[As] Rachel Cohen, the author of this elegantly written biography. . . .nicely puts it, Berenson was ‘a person whose capacity for metamorphosis approached that of a moth.’”—Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph -- Martin Gayford * The Sunday Telegraph *“Rachel Cohen’s unobtrusively and thoroughly well written short volume skilfully negotiates the contradictory sides of Berenson’s character – the aesthete and the huckster; the man who lived only for art and the man who very much liked to surround himself with the appurtenances of wealth.”—Sam Leith, The Spectator -- Sam Leith * The Spectator *“Rachel Cohen has written an admirable short life...[and] a touching portrait”—James Stourton, Literary Review -- James Stourton * Literary Review *"Berenson's extraordinary and colorful life—from his humble birth in Lithuania, to Harvard and thence to his august and influential position as a critic and art historian, to the renowned splendor of his Florentine villa I Tatti—makes a rich and compelling subject. Ms. Cohen's remarkable book affords the occasion also for rumination upon self-invention and authenticity, upon the making of the man, and of taste, too."—Claire Messud, Wall Street Journal -- Claire Messud * Wall Street Journal *“Rachel Cohen who has written an extremely thoughtful and readable biography of Berenson”—Charles Saumarez-Smith, Apollo Magazine -- Charles Saumarez-Smith * Apollo Magazine *Chosen as a highly recommended book by the Boston Authors Club in 2014. -- Honorable Mention * Boston Authors Club *"An absorbing new biography."—Jewish Daily Forward * Jewish Daily Forward *‘This book proves to be a remarkably balanced treatment of a profoundly complicated and compelling life.’—Robert Simon, Burlington Magazine -- Robert Simon * Burlington Magazine *"An irresistibly readable and accessible account of this complicated character, who could be by turns brilliant and petty, generous toward others and scornful of himself, an inveterate philanderer and a staunch husband."—Ann Landl, ARTnews -- Ann Landl * ARTnews *Shortlisted for the 2015 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize 2014 -- Wingate Prize * Jewish Quarterly *
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Yale University Press Hamas
Book SynopsisCan a single organization be committed to political activism and charitable good works while simultaneously dispatching suicide bombers to attack civilian targets? This book provides a documented assessment of Hamas, showing the alarming extent to which the group's political and social welfare leaders support terrorism.Trade Review“Levitt provides a thoroughly documented exposure of the organization’s dark side.”—Isabel Kershner, Washington Post“Levitt offers the fullest picture that can be drawn from available sources. His tone is rigorously analytical and nondramatic.”—David Pryce-Jones, Wall Street Journal“[Levitt] draws on intelligence reports and his own experience in the West Bank, naming names and providing figures, to judge that Hamas is less a charitable organisation and more a threat to world peace.”—Times (UK)“Compelling. . . . Levitt’s book is a solid guide to a despicable terrorist organization that is both influential and lethally effective.”—Ari Melber, New York Post“Copiously documented and detailed.”—Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post“Levitt’s timely and thoroughly researched new book, Hamas . . . goes well beyond [the] tantalizing headlines. It is an important book that will serve the useful function of destroying any illusions readers may have about Hamas.”—Patrick Grady, Toronto Globe and Mail“Levitt has provided a major service. A debate over how to undermine a terrorist organization cannot even begin if one buys into the idea of separate social and political wings. Hamas definitively dispels this myth. More important still, Levitt has shown us that the general idea of such a construct did not originate with Hamas itself. Rather, it was inherited from the group’s predecessor and inspiration: the Muslim Brotherhood. Only by seeing precisely how the Muslim Brotherhood and its more radical offshoots prey upon Western democracies through their mastery of the art of rhetoric and propaganda can we begin to truly understand them—and to confront them. Levitt’s work brings us a bit closer to that goal.”—Glen Feder, Journal of International Security Affairs“Levitt builds a convincing case to demonstrate that while the notion that radical Islamist groups have distinct violent and non-violent wings may be convenient for terrorists and their supporters, it does not hold up to close scrutiny. . . . A solid account of Hamas by one of the world’s most respected experts.”—Stewart Bell, Books in Canada“By coincidence, just as the Anti-Cair and Harris lawsuits were being shut down, Yale University Press released the most detailed study of the Hamas terror group ever offered to readers without a security clearance. The book is Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad; the author is Matthew Levitt, the chief intelligence officer of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and one of the world’s leading experts on Hamas.”—David Frum, Canada National Post“The evidence presented by Levitt is well done and provides a very good insight into the foundation and support system of many like organisations. This should be read by scholar and military member alike for a deeper understanding of what and who motivates and supports organisations that condone terror.”—Major Mark Davey, Australian Defence Force Journal“As we search for a new way to understand the Middle East, it is imperative that both Israel and the rest of the world see Hamas for what it really is. For this, Levitt’s book is a superb place to start. . . . As a clarion call for a re-evaluation of our perception of and policy toward Hamas, there is no better book than Hamas, and for that, we should be grateful.”—Yechiel M. Leiter, Azure“This is very much the prosecution case against Hamas . . . and there are rich pickings for prosecution counsel. . . . An indictment of the sinister and alarming aspects of the Hamas agenda. . . . Useful background material for policy-makers and analysts seeking to predict future developments in a highly volatile situation.”—Deaglan de Breadun, Irish TimesA 2007 Top Seller in Politics and Law as compiled by YBP Library ServicesSelected as a 2007 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries“Matthew Levitt is undoubtedly one of the world’s foremost experts on Hamas and an outstanding commentator on terrorism in general. I read everything he writes, and I have a very high regard for his work.”—Daniel Benjamin, former member of President Clinton’s National Security Council“In a compelling and authoritative manner, Matthew Levitt masterfully demonstrates that the charitable and social components of Hamas cannot be separated from its true terrorist nature.”—Dennis M. Lormel, former chief, Terrorist Financing Operations Section at the Federal Bureau of Investigation“Far and away the best thing on this subject I’ve ever seen; well-written, careful, professional, fascinating.”—R. James Woolsey, former director of Central Intelligence“After painstaking research, Matthew Levitt, a pre-eminent specialist on Middle Eastern terrorism, dissects Hamas’ international support network. Hamas is a remarkable investigation that must be read both by the specialist and by the public.”—Rohan Gunaratna, author of Inside Al Qaeda: Global Network of Terror
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Recording Village Life
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Secular Power Europe and Islam Identity and
Book SynopsisArgues that secularism is not the central principle of international relations but should be considered as one belief system that influences international politics. Through an exploration of Europe's secular identity, Sarah Wolff shows how Islam confronts the EU's existential anxieties about its security and its secular identity.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews
Book SynopsisThis study adds to contemporary scholarship on cosmopolitanism by making the experience of Jews central to the discussion, as it traces the evolution of Jewish cosmopolitanism over the last two centuries. Through a series of case studies, the authors analyse the historical and discursive junctures that mark the central paradigm shifts in the Jewish self-image.Trade ReviewThis book has an extraordinarily grand sweep and offers penetrating and fascinating insights—a true tour-de-force."" - Michael Berkowitz, University College London""A thorough and exhaustive study of the history of the ‘cosmopolitan’ ideal and its relationship to Jewish identity from the Enlightenment to the present, providing short and incisive analyses of a vast number of texts. Because the writing is clear and does not get bogged down in arcane academic debates, Cosmopolitanisms and the Jews should appeal to a broad audience."" - Robert D. Tobin, Clark University
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The University of Michigan Press Exclusionary Violence
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Dover Publications Inc. Jewish Music Its Historical Development Jewish
Book SynopsisLiberally illustrating every type of music discussed, the book examines the music as a tonal expression of Judaism, Jewish life and the spiritual aspects of Jewish culture.
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The University of Michigan Press Strange Cocktail
Book SynopsisThrough and in translation, poets have introduced new poetic styles, languages, and forms into their own writing, sometimes changing the course of literary history in the process. Strange Cocktail is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon in modern Hebrew literature of the late nineteenth century to the present day.Trade ReviewLucidly written . . . dazzling. A major contribution to the scholarship of modern Hebrew literature in any language, and in English all the more so. Few scholars have the knowledge of language and poetic corpora to be able to pull such a project together."" - Shai Ginsburg, Duke University""Thorough and elegantly formatted . . . Jacobs is highly knowledgeable and demonstrates impressive expertise. A notable contribution to modern Jewish literary studies, Israel studies, and translation studies, as well as the field of modern Hebrew literature and culture."" - Naomi Sokoloff, University of Washington
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University of California Press Leveling Crowds EthnoNationalist Conflicts
Book SynopsisThis work is concerned with the ethno-nationalist explosions that have occurred in many regions of the world. It focuses primarily on collective violence, in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Preface PART ONE: SELECTED SITES OF CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA 1. The Wider Context 2. Orientation and Objectives 3· The 1915 Sinhala Buddhist-Muslim Riots in Ceylon 4. Two Postindependence Ethnic Riots in Sri Lanka 5· Sikh Identity, Separation, and Ethnic Conflict 6. Ethnic Conflict in Pakistan PART TWO: RETHINKING THE NATURE OF COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE 7· Some General Features of Ethnic Riots and Riot Crowds 8. The Routinization and Ritualization of Violence 9· Hindu Nationalism, the Ayodhya Campaign, and the Babri Masjid 10. Entering a Dark Continent: The Political Psychology of Crowds 11. Reconfiguring LeBon and Durkheim on Crowds as Collectives 12. The Moral Economy of Collective Violence Notes Bibliography Index
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Harvard University Press The Axial Age and its Consequences
Book SynopsisThis book makes the bold claim that intellectual sophistication was born worldwide during the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. From Axial Age thinkers we inherited a sense of the world as a place not just to experience but to investigate, envision, and alter. A variety of utopian visions emerged and led to both reform and repression.Trade ReviewWith eighteen leading multidisciplinary scholars, this volume covers enormous ground in the transformative beginnings for civilizations that shared cultural origins in the mid-first millennium BC in Europe and Asia. Extending the insight of existential philosopher Karl Jaspers regarding the 'Axial Age' and its later evolution to 'multiple modernities,' The Axial Age and Its Consequences, superbly edited by Hans Joas and Robert Bellah, is a must-read for contemporary comparative-historical sociological analyses in our own global age. -- Edward A. Tiryakian, author of For Durkheim: Essays in Historical and Cultural SociologyThe Axial Age, the epic moment around the 6th century BCE which saw the intellectual outburst that engendered the major world religions, has enjoyed an upsurge of scholarly attention in the past generation. Great themes demand great voices, and editors Bellah and Joas have assembled a remarkable choral ensemble for a score organized to address fundamental questions about Axiality and its comparative manifestations, destructive possibilities, current status, and implications for the future. I can think of no compendium in the past generation that measures up to the quality and significance of this volume. -- Donald Levine, University of ChicagoHighly recommended for readers of Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution and students of religious philosophy and evolutionary sociology. -- Brian Odom * Library Journal *
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Harvard University Press Islamicate Sexualities Translations across
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Princeton University Press The Long Divergence
Book SynopsisIn the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind. What caused this long divergence? And why does the Middle East remain drastically underdeveloped compared to the West? This title provides an answer to these long-debated questions.Trade Review"Professor Kuran's book offers the best explanation yet for why the Middle East has lagged. After poring over ancient business records, Professor Kuran persuasively argues that what held the Middle East back wasn't Islam as such, or colonialism, but rather various secondary Islamic legal practices that are no longer relevant today."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times "This is a book to be not just tasted but chewed and digested. Instead of facile claims that Islam is the solution or Islam is the problem, readers get a detailed history of economic institutions in the Middle East as compared to those in the West. Kuran shows that the Islamic law and practices underlying Middle Eastern commerce worked well for a long time and were much more flexible than usually assumed... Clearly presented quantitative data and illuminating anecdotes add up to a fine feast."--L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs "Mr. Kuran's arguments have broad implications for the debate about how to foster economic development. He demonstrates that the West's long ascendancy was rooted in its ability to develop institutions that combined labour and capital in imaginative new ways."--Economist "The Long Divergence offers a pathbreaking analysis of why the flourishing premodern economies of the Islamic world fell into relative decline as Western Europe rose. And it explores the issue of whether conservative Islam is compatible with modern economic institutions. You'll be surprised by many of his conclusions."--Peter Passell, Milken Institute Review "[The Long Divergence] explains a large part of why the Middle East and Turkey fell behind the West and law and economics has a lot to do with it. Various laws in Islamic societies were not conducive to large-scale economic structures, at precisely the time when such structures were becoming profitable and indeed essential as drivers of economic growth. This is not a book of handwaving but rather he nails the detail, whether it is on inheritance law, contracts, forming corporations, or any number of other topics."--Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution "In an interesting new book called The Long Divergence, Timur Kuran of Duke argues that Islam's economic restrictions, rather than its cultural conservatism or isolationism, stunted development in countries where it was the dominant religion."--Massimo Calabresi, Time.com's Swampland blog "Kuran's thesis is contentious; but it does provide us with an incentive to reformulate Islamic law. It is an excellent starting-point for a debate long overdue."--Ziauddin Sardar, Independent "[G]round-breaking... In this wide-ranging study, Kuran explores other possible factors which favored the non-Muslim business ethos over the Islamic one, but as a true scholar he rehearses other possible explanations."--Arnold Ages, Chicago Jewish Star "A ground-breaking book... Kuran argues Islamic law primarily failed to develop the concept of a corporation: an economic and legal construct, separated from family and tribal loyalty, designed to encourage investment and profit sharing."--Chris Berg, Sydney Morning Herald "Timur Kuran is an avid reader of Islamic economic and legal history and an immensely well informed scholar. This latest work not only combines his earlier arguments but also provides some new perspectives."--Murat Cizakca, EH.Net "[A]n invaluable contribution to the debate."--Choice "[T]his is a most informative book and may make contemporary Muslims wonder whether a forthcoming second codification of Islamic law should heed some of the warnings of the author."--Murat Cizakca, MESA Bulletin "Kuran deserves to be lauded for providing a narrative for how certain Middle Eastern institutions negatively affected economic outcomes. This book represents an advance in our understanding of the functioning of commercial institutions in the Middle East and of their dynamic consequences... Kuran has provided an important scholarly resource for both academics and those interested in the economic and political development of the region more broadly."--Eric Chaney, Development and Change "By eschewing simple explanations and challenging scholars to look at such heated topics as the Capitulations in a new light, Long Divergence offers a new window on an old dogma. In a time when there is a trend to blame much of the Middle East's problems on Western meddling, it is important that scholarship swims slightly against the current in shedding new light on questions of modernity and the reasons behind economic stagnation in the Muslim world."--Seth Frantzman, Digest of Middle East Studies "The Long Divergence is an excellent book that should be of great appeal to scholars interested in the Middle East and its history, economic historians interested in the general question of why some regions failed to modernize, and social scientists interested in the historical and institutional roots of comparative underdevelopment."--Metin Cosgel, Journal of Economic History "In this beautifully crafted book, Timur Kuran provides a remarkably rich analysis of how Islamic law impeded economic progress in the Middle East and North Africa. Kuran's views are fresh and powerful, and they are subtle."--Jack A. Goldstone, Perspectives on Politics "The Long Divergence is a bold and stimulating book, based on a prodigious amount of research in world economic history. It is the first work of its kind to wrestle with the big question about the Middle East's economic path... Though it may stir up controversy among those who may not take well to his critique of Islam, this landmark study will find a broad readership to debate its provocative conclusions."--Ghislaine Lydon, Global History "[This book] is a major achievement that should be read by everyone with an interest in the region, as well as by scholars in economic history and institutional economics."--Mark Koyama, Public ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface ix PART I Introduction Chapter 1: The Puzzle of the Middle East's Economic Underdevelopment 3 Chapter 2: Analyzing the Economic Role of Islam 25 PART II Organizational Stagnation Chapter 3: Commercial Life under Islamic Rule 45 Chapter 4: The Persistent Simplicity of Islamic Partnerships 63 Chapter 5: Drawbacks of the Islamic Inheritance System 78 Chapter 6: The Absence of the Corporation in Islamic Law 97 Chapter 7: Barriers to the Emergence of a Middle Eastern Business Corporation 117 Chapter 8: Credit Markets without Banks 143 PART III The Makings of Underdevelopment Chapter 9: The Islamization of Non-Muslim Economic Life 169 Chapter 10: The Ascent of the Middle East's Religious Minorities 189 Chapter 11: Origins and Fiscal Impact of the Capitulations 209 Chapter 12: Foreign Privileges as Facilitators of Impersonal Exchange 228 Chapter 13: The Absence of Middle Eastern Consuls 254 PART IV Conclusions Chapter 14: Did Islam Inhibit Economic Development? 279 Notes 303 References 349 Index 393
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas The GIs Rabbi World War II Letters of David Max
Book SynopsisDavid Max Eichhorn, a Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army's XV Corps, saw action across France and into Germany until VE-Day and beyond. His letters show us a devoutly religious man trying to cope with the perils of combat and the needs of his fellow soldiers.
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Princeton University Press A History of Palestine
Book SynopsisStarting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, this book examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Focusing on the interactions of Arabs and Jews, it tells how these connections affected the cultural and political evolution of each community and Palestine as a whole.Trade ReviewGudrun Kramer, Winner of the 2010 Gerda Henkel Prize, Gerda Henkel Foundation "The 400 years before the founding of the Jewish state is a historiographical minefield, but Kramer, a professor of Islamic studies at Free University Berlin, manages to produce an illuminating survey of the terrain...Kramer's fluent narrative pairs a much-needed focus on facts--including useful data on contentious issues of population growth and land ownership--with an evenhanded avoidance of partisanship."--Publishers Weekly "We tend not to notice that Palestine existed as a territory before there was an Israel, and before there was a Palestinian national movement. Kramer, professor of Islamic studies at Free University Berlin, goes back to early 19th-century Egyptian rule, and then to the modernization undertaken by the Ottoman Empire, to situate the present in its historical context."--Martin Levin, The Globe and Mail "An excellent source for those desiring an understanding of the background to the present-day unrest in the region."--L. Edward Sizemore, Dallas Morning News "[Kramer] brilliantly contextualizes Arab anti-Semitism by investigating how, for the Palestinian population, the borders between Jew and Zionist gradually became blurred. By making a series of similar investigations, tracing all the defining points of the conflict, she has been able to write a book that stands out as necessary background reading for all scholars intent on investigating the current situation in Palestine."--Jorgen Jensehaugen, Journal of Peace Research "This is a welcome addition to the growing number of studies on this increasingly popular field, and the book will be of much use to those teaching classes on Middle Eastern history, the history of the Ottoman Empire and Israel Studies. It will also prove useful in seminars on the construction of historical narratives, the connection between religion and nationalism, and processes of decolonialization."--Scott Ury, Religious Studies Review "Kramer's is a well-researched and thoroughly referenced work of synthesis offered by a cautious and reflective historian... A History of Palestine is a respectable addition to the synthetic literature in the field. For the non-specialist reader, the book offers a good introduction to the social, political, cultural, and economic history of Palestine and a wealth of statistical information. For specialists, the book is a further reminder of the challenges posed by colonial history and to the importance, in the twenty-first century, of including the voices of the indigenous peoples as well as the colonists."--Abdel Razzaq Takriti, English Historical Review "[T]his is the first serious biography of the mufti to appear in 14 years and only the fourth ever to appear in English. The authors should be encouraged to greatly expand their research for a much larger second edition. The first edition is already valuable for the dark tale it tells."--Marin Sieff, Sunday Times "Gudrun Kramer's book, although its name is not attractive, is a very interesting, well written book, which can enrich even those who know the history of Palestine. For those who will use it as a first book on Palestine, it is a good starting place."--Gideon Biger, Shofar "For anyone seriously interested in the century-old Arab/Jewish struggle for the land they both call holy, you must get acquainted with Gudrun Kramer's A History of Palestine. A professor of Islamic studies at Free University of Berlin, she presents an exhaustive overview of the country's past from the Ottoman conquest to the creation of Israel, albeit with a subtle Arabist slant."--Tim Boxer, 15 Minutes Magazine "[T]his is a comprehensive and readable account which should be useful to both students and scholars. Kramer's insistence on confronting the historiographical dominance of 1882 is a valuable intervention, and her long view of the past gives today's conflict the wider historical context that too many commentators choose to overlook."--Anna Bernard, Modernism/modernityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi Abbreviations xiii CHAPTER ONE: Names and Borders 1 CHAPTER TWO: The Holiness of the "Holy Land" 18 CHAPTER THREE: Contrasts: Palestine, 1750-1840 37 CHAPTER FOUR: The Age of Reform, 1840-1914 71 CHAPTER FIVE: Evolving Nationalisms: Zionism and Arabism, 1880-1914 101 CHAPTER SIX: "A Land without a People for a People without a Land"? Population, Settlement, and Cultivation, 1800-1914 128 CHAPTER SEVEN: World War I and the British Mandate 139 CHAPTER EIGHT: Double Standard, or Dual Obligation 164 CHAPTER NINE: "Two Peoples in One Land" 188 CHAPTER TEN: The Mufti and the Wailing Wall 216 CHAPTER ELEVEN: From Unrest to Uprising 238 CHAPTER TWELVE: The Arab Uprising, 1936-39 264 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Triumph and Catastrophe: From World War II to the State of Israel 296 Bibliography 325 Index 343
£999.99
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Sacred Trash The Lost and Found World of the
Book SynopsisNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALISTWINNER OF THE 2012 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S SOPHIE BRODY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JEWISH LITERATURE Sacred Trash tells the remarkable story of the Cairo Geniza—a synagogue repository for worn-out texts that turned out to contain the most vital cache of Jewish manuscripts ever discovered. This tale of buried communal treasure weaves together unforgettable portraits of Solomon Schechter and the other modern heroes responsible for the collection’s rescue with explorations of the medieval documents themselves—letters and poems, wills and marriage contracts, Bibles, money orders, fiery dissenting religious tracts, fashion-conscious trousseaux lists, prescriptions, petitions, and mysterious magical charms. Presenting a panoramic view of almost a thousand years of vibrant Mediterranean Judaism, Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole bring contemporary readers into the heart of thi
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University of Pennsylvania Press Sanctifying the Name of God
Book SynopsisHow are martyrs made, and how do the memories of martyrs express, nourish, and mold the ideals of the community? Sanctifying the Name of God wrestles with these questions against the background of the massacres of Jews in the Rhineland during the outbreak of the First Crusade. Marking the first extensive wave of anti-Jewish violence in medieval Christian Europe, these Persecutions of 1096 exerted a profound influence on the course of European Jewish history.When the crusaders demanded that Jews choose between Christianity and death, many opted for baptism. Many others, however, chose to die as Jews rather than to live as Christians, and of these, many actually inflicted death upon themselves and their loved ones. Stories of their self-sacrifice ushered the Jewish ideal of martyrdom—kiddush ha-Shem, the sanctification of God''s holy name—into a new phase, conditioning the collective memory and mindset of Ashkenazic Jewry for centuries to come, during the HolTrade Review"A major contribution to the study of medieval Jewish history." * Robert Chazan, New York University *"This is an important book, beautifully written and cogently argued. Some of Cohen's readings are daring indeed and will surely arouse dissent. Long live debate!" * American Historical Review *"The sufferings of the Rhineland Jews in 1096 were commemorated in three Hebrew narratives, which Professor Jeremy Cohen reexamines in this beautifully written book. . . . The cumulative effect of Cohen's analysis is overwhelming." * Catholic Historical Review *"The slaughter of the Jews in the Rhineland in 1096 is one of the better-known events of the First Crusade. Cohen analyzes the texts of the Jewish accounts of these massacres in light of the martyrdom tradition of Masada, well-known at that time, and the contemporary Christian cult of self-sacrifice. . . . Recommended." * Choice *"Cohen's fresh reading of the chronicles opens up a new vista to these complicated sources." * Journal of Jewish Studies *"This is a beautifully written and thought-out work that raises valuable questions and draws unprecedented attention to important features of these texts; it is sure to provoke fruitful discussion" * Journal of Religion *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations for Primary Sources Introduction: The Persecutions of 1096 PART I. PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 1. To Sanctify the Name of God 2. The First Crusade and Its Historians 3. Points of Departure PART II. MARTYRS OF 1096 4. Last Supper at Xanten 5. Master Isaac the Parnas 6. Mistress Rachel of Mainz 7. Kalonymos in Limbo 8. The Rape of Sarit Afterword Notes Bibliography of Secondary Sources Index
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Veil Unveiled
Book SynopsisIllustrated with photographs, drawings, and cartoons gathered from popular culture, this provocative book demonstrates that the veil, the garment known in Islamic cultures as the hijab, holds within its folds a semantic versatility that goes far beyond current clichés and homogenous representations.
£34.16
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Modern Arab Art Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Book SynopsisProvides a historical and theoretical overview of the subject from the 1940s through today. With particular emphasis on production, reception, and the intersection between art and politcs in Iraq and Palestine, Nada Shabout reveals the fallacy in Western fascination with Arab art as a timeless and exotic “other”.Trade Review“Groundbreaking. Shabout elucidates two critical issues that have thus far received inadequate scholarly attention—the distinction between Islamic Art and Arab Art and the relatedness of the political and artistic processes in the history of Arab modernity.”- Shiva Balaghi, coeditor of Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution;""One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape Modern Arab Art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it.""- Fran Lloyd, Kingston University;""Art is one way to visualize the interconnectedness of people and this book shows us how related in influence and aspirations we all are.""- Linnea S. Hedrick, Miami University;“A work of great interest that raises the bar for future studies of modern art and of cultural history in the Arab world.”- Middle East Journal;“Nicely adorned visually with several score attractive and instructive illustrations, and deserves a place in library collections including global art holdings.”- Religion and the Arts;“An in-depth look at the difference between ‘Islamic art’ and ‘Arab art’ as well as the inherent similarities. . . . This book should help encourage further investigations of this new and interesting art. Recommended.”- Choice;“Readers who are unaware of the broader context within which Arabic art operates will find much to learn here.”- Journal of Aesthetic Education;“One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape modern Arab art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of Western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it.”- Fran Lloyd, author of Art beyond Exile
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Independence without Freedom
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John Wiley & Sons Diary of a Lonely Girl or The Battle against Free
Book SynopsisFirst published serially in the Yiddish daily newspaper di Varhayt in 1916-18, Diary of a Lonely Girl, or The Battle against Free Love is a novel of intimate feelings and scandalous behaviours, shot through with a dark humour.Trade ReviewWho knew that a century before Lena Dunham’s Girls, a Yiddish writer named Miriam Karpilove was already telling the world, in mordant, sometimes hilarious prose, what it was like to be a young Jewish woman in New York City? In Jessica Kirzane’s expert translation, Karpilove’s novel is revealed as a brilliant critique of the political cant of its time, with ‘free love’ meaning, more often than not, protection for men and increased vulnerability for women. A lost treasure of modern Yiddish literature, Diary of a Lonely Girl will be a revelation to anyone who cares about immigrants’ experiences, women’s rights, and the roles of Jews in American radicalism. Jessica Kirzane's translation of Karpilove’s extraordinary novel, Diary of a Lonely Girl, opens up anew the life of a young Jewish woman in the early years of the last century. Here the complexities of desire, the challenges of free love and its simultaneous backlash could not be more relevant! TEACH this book, share it with your reading group, tell your friends about it! Kirzane has given new life to this heretofore little known classic! Both hilarious and sobering, Karpilove’s Diary breaks the mold of the serialized romance novel to bring us something unique: a sophisticated, insightful, and witty heroine who holds her own against bloviating suitors and prying landladies, never giving up her dreams of equality, freedom, and fulfillment in love. This is absolutely an original and needed book. So little Yiddish literature by women has been translated, especially literature by Yiddish women writers in the U.S. Many readers, scholars, students and teachers who cannot access the text in the original Yiddish will be delighted to have this translation with its thorough bio-critical introduction. The novel challenges many stereotypes and expectations about immigrant writing and thus offers a fresh and provocative take on the lives and preoccupations of early twentieth century immigrant Jews. Love, sexuality, and politics all merge in this brilliantly written novel of early twentieth-century immigrant life told from the perspective of a woman.
£15.26
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Transforming Faith
Book SynopsisThere is an increasing number of middle- and upper-class urban Pakistani women turning toward Islam via Al-Huda, an Islamic school for women aiming to transform the women who absorb its message into 'pious' subjects. This title explores how Al-Huda is fostering a new generation of educated, urban, middle-class women to become veiled conservatives.
£27.50
Wayne State University Press No Place in Time
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the temporal function that “the Jew” plays in literature. No Place in Time: The Hebraic Myth in Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature examines how the Hebraic myth, in which Jewishness became a metaphor for an ancient, pre-Christian past, was reimagined in nineteenth-century American realism.
£82.80
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Turkish Islam and the Secular State The G252len
Book SynopsisThis work examines reformations of Islam and culture in Turkey and the successful Islamic modernist Fethullah Gulen movement.
£19.76
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Jewish Women in Comics
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish women’s comics to explore the representation of Jewish women’s bodies and bodily experience in pictorial narratives.
£63.75
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Sayyid Qutb
Book SynopsisNo Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb abandoned literature in the 1950s in favour of Islamism. This book offers a fresh perspective on Qutb's life that examines his Islamist commitment as a continuation of his literary project.
£56.95
John Wiley & Sons Jewish Women in Comics Bodies and Borders
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking collection of essays, interviews, and artwork, contributors draw upon a rich treasure trove of Jewish women’s comics to explore the representation of Jewish women’s bodies and bodily experience in pictorial narratives.
£30.56
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Women Islam and Identity Public Life in Private
Book SynopsisThis pioneering ethnographic work centres on the dynamics of female authority within the religious life of a conservative Muslim community in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan. Peshkova draws upon several years of field research to chronicle the daily lives of women religious leaders, known as otinchalar, and the ways in which they exert a powerful influence in the religious life of the community.
£47.04
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Sayyid Qutb An Intellectual Biography
Book SynopsisNo Arab historical figure is more demonized than the Egyptian literati-turned-Islamist Sayyid Qutb. A poet and literary critic in his youth, Qutb abandoned literature in the 1950s in favour of Islamism. This book offers a fresh perspective on Qutb's life that examines his Islamist commitment as a continuation of his literary project.
£26.06
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Travels in Translation
Book SynopsisAnalyses the emergence of modern Hebrew literature after 1780, a time when Jews were moving beyond their conventional Torah- and Zion-centred worldview. Taking a fresh look at the origins of modern Jewish literature, Frieden launches a new approach to literary studies, one that lies at the intersection of translation studies and travel writing.Trade ReviewFrieden cogently traces the path of making Hebrew a viable living language to a coterie of writers who preceded Mendele by half a century.""—Ruth Adler, professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature at Baruch College""The stakes, the scope, and the thrust of this book are exemplary, explaining how travel literature exemplifies the acts of cultural transfer that are so much at the heart of Jewish literary modernity. . . . Frieden lays out in admirably clear detail the linguistic pieces of the puzzle.""—Jeremy Dauber, director of the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Literary Hasidism The Life and Works of Michael
Book SynopsisMichael Levi Rodkinson is today frequently referred to as a minor Hasidic author and publisher, a characterization based on the criticism of his opponents rather than on his writings. In Literary Hasidism, Meir draws on those writings and their reception to present a completely different picture of this colourful and influential writer.Trade ReviewJonatan Meir portrays the career of one of the most ambivalent characters of the Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment, Michael Levi Rodkinson, and his move from the propagation of popular Hasidism to his more grandiose attempts to reframe and restructure the entire Jewish canon. This look into the world of the late nineteenthcentury Jewish Enlightenment will be an eye-opener.""—Pinchas Giller, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, American Jewish University""Meir has taken the relatively neglected figure of Rodkinson and created a detailed and fascinating portrait. He ably demonstrates that the boundaries between Hasidism and Haskalah were frequently crossed, and this markedly improves our understanding of the dynamics of Jewish intellectual history in the crucial period of the late nineteenth century.""—Ira Robinson, Concordia University
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Vagabond Stars A World History of Yiddish
Book SynopsisThis text provides an illustrated world history of the Yiddish theatre covering five continents and more than 300 years.Trade ReviewI recommend Vagabond Stars to all who are interested in Yiddish theater, its development, and its role in Yiddish culture. The reader will find in it an ocean of information. What makes Sandrow’s work distinctive is the unusual blend of impeccable scholarship and hilarious backstage anecdote. The vividness of the book is enhanced by a collection of 125 rate illustrations—pictures of actors, scenes from plays and films, posters, newspaper cartoons, and other memorabilia. What a marvelous story it is—a hundred years of incredible vitality. Sandrow has chronicled it with fullness and deep affection. An admirable feat of scholarship on a marvelous and –alas—vanishing world. I know of no comparable work, so well written, in the field. There is great warmth here, and humor, and much that is touching—obviously a labor of love.
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