{"product_id":"a-traveling-homeland-9780812247244","title":"A Traveling Homeland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn A Traveling Homeland, Daniel Boyarin makes the case that the Babylonian Talmud is a diasporist manifesto producing and defining the practices that constitute Jewish diasporic identity in the form of textual, interpretive communities built around talmudic study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Boyarin's book can be seen as a diasporic creation itself in terms of its embeddedness both in the details of the Talmudic discourse and in sociological theories outside of Jewish studies. Boyarin is engaged in a dialogue with scholars outside of Jewish studies and convincingly shows how Jewish studies can influence and be influenced by these 'foreign' fields. His scholarship is exemplary in showing how mutually fruitful and important those discussions can be. \u003ci\u003eA Traveling Homeland\u003c\/i\u003e is very well written and a most worthwhile read for anyone who wants to get a fresh look at the phenomena of diaspora, the Talmud, and the nature of Jewishness itself as a diaspora. It opens up needed debates on these issues as it challenges commonly held views.\" * \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"After two decades of exciting debate, the theory of diaspora studies is now in gridlock and in need of new interventions. This is such an intervention-a strong and exhilarating book.\" * Khachig Tölölyan, Wesleyan University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Daniel Boyarin demolishes the long-standing notion that diaspora was born out of despair and sorrow. \u003ci\u003eA Traveling Homeland\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly erudite, suggestive, and provocative study on the concept of diaspora, and the Jewish diaspora in particular.\" * Oded Irshai, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrelude. A Different Diaspora\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Diaspora and the Jewish Diasporas\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. At Home in Babylonia: The Talmud as Diasporist Manifesto\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. In the Land of Talmud: The Textual Making of a Diasporic Folk\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Looking for Our Routes; or, the Talmud and the Making of Diasporas: Sefarad and Ashkenaz\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405725802839,"sku":"9780812247244","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-traveling-homeland-9780812247244","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}