{"product_id":"friendship-in-jewish-history-religion-and-culture-12-dimyonot-jews-and-the-cultural-imagination-9780271087948","title":"Friendship in Jewish History Religion and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of essays exploring the subject of friendship in Jewish culture, history, and religion from ancient Israel to the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This volume’s pattern of frequently pairing the overarching identity of Jewishness alongside an additional identity varying by chapter (socioeconomic, gender, interfaith, race, etc.) cuts right to the heart of human connection, developing implications beyond the Jewish tradition and community. ... This work truly understands friendship as a phenomenon to be experienced rather than one to be analyzed in isolation and written into the text.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Michael Tofte \u003ci\u003eReligious Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book definitely contributes to the scholarly conversation in Jewish studies by connecting in multiple ways to issues of Jewish literature, history, and religion. The diversity of themes and methodological orientations in the chapters mirrors the diversity to be found in the field of Jewish studies and therefore will have great resonance among scholars and students of Jewish studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ira Robinson,editor of \u003ci\u003eRenewing Our Days: Montreal Jews in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This innovative and accessible anthology highlights the significance of a frequently neglected facet of Jewish life. I know of no other scholarly work that explores the varieties of human friendship in such a wide range of Jewish sources. The attention to gender is particularly noteworthy and adds immensely to the value and interest of this important volume.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Judith R. Baskin,author of \u003ci\u003eMidrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Studying Friendship in Jewish History, Religion, and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence Fine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Love, Intimacy, and Friendship Between Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. “Cherished in Life, for They Loved Each Other Exceedingly”:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriendship in Medieval Ashkenaz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEyal Levinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. God in the Face of the Other: Mystical Friendship in the \u003ci\u003eZohar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEitan P. Fishbane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Friendship and Gender: The Limits and Possibilities of Jewish Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHava Tirosh-Samuelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Women and the Bonds of Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. “She and Her Friends”: On Women’s Friendship in Biblical Narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaul M. Olyan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Friends and Friendship in the Memoir of Glückel of Hameln:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearning from Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. “Got Yourself Some Friends? Now Build a Movement!” Friendship in the Jewish Women’s Movement in the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartha Ackelsberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Friendship and its Challenges\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Jacob and Esau: Twinship, Identity, and Failed Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Savran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. \u003ci\u003eHebraica Amicitia\u003c\/i\u003e: Leon Modena and the Cultural Practices of Early Modern Intra-Jewish Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichela Andreatta\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Friendship and Betrayal: Hasidism and Secularism in Early\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-Century Poland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlenn Dynner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Crossing Boundaries: Friendship Between Women and Men, and Between Jews and Gentiles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Interfaith Encounters Between Jews and Christians in the Early Modern Period and Beyond: Toward a Framework\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Jütte\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Friendship, Jewish Female Philosophers, and Feminism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHava Tirosh-Samuelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. A Friendship in the Prophetic Tradition: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusannah Heschel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400812765527,"sku":"9780271087948","price":71.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271087948.jpg?v=1730471635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/friendship-in-jewish-history-religion-and-culture-12-dimyonot-jews-and-the-cultural-imagination-9780271087948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}