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Book Synopsis
This book seeks to harness the possibilities offered by the evolving collection of forces by which Jewish Studies is constituted and practiced in order to open, refashion, and exemplify possibilities for a humanities to come.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments | ix
Introduction | 1
Interchapter I: JS Davka | 30
1. Jewish Studies as Lever | 35
Interchapter II: The Dialectics of Ownership | 55
2. Jewish Studies and the Pitchfork | 60
Interchapter III: “Past its own aim, out to another side” | 83
3. Mochlos or Makhlokes: JS and the Humanities | 87
Interchapter IV: Speaking of JS; and Its Vicissitudes | 123
4. Bildungsheld or Pícaro, Canon and List: A Heterotopology for JS | 127
Interchapter V: Bildung and Built-ins | 161
5. Ventilating the Tradition: Rashbam and the Coen Brothers | 165
Epilogue: Knotted thread, middle game: an envoi | 191
Notes | 201
Works Cited | 239
Index | 273

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 04/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9780823283958, 978-0823283958
      ISBN10: 082328395X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book seeks to harness the possibilities offered by the evolving collection of forces by which Jewish Studies is constituted and practiced in order to open, refashion, and exemplify possibilities for a humanities to come.

      Table of Contents

      Preface and Acknowledgments | ix
      Introduction | 1
      Interchapter I: JS Davka | 30
      1. Jewish Studies as Lever | 35
      Interchapter II: The Dialectics of Ownership | 55
      2. Jewish Studies and the Pitchfork | 60
      Interchapter III: “Past its own aim, out to another side” | 83
      3. Mochlos or Makhlokes: JS and the Humanities | 87
      Interchapter IV: Speaking of JS; and Its Vicissitudes | 123
      4. Bildungsheld or Pícaro, Canon and List: A Heterotopology for JS | 127
      Interchapter V: Bildung and Built-ins | 161
      5. Ventilating the Tradition: Rashbam and the Coen Brothers | 165
      Epilogue: Knotted thread, middle game: an envoi | 191
      Notes | 201
      Works Cited | 239
      Index | 273

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