{"product_id":"rethinking-modern-judaism-ritual-commandment-community-chicago-studies-in-the-history-of-judaism-9780226195285","title":"Rethinking Modern Judaism  Ritual Commandment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis text explores the central role of practice in Judaism, tracing five key phenomena which have crucially influenced Jewish practice over the past two centuries: politics; explanation of the commandments; nostalgia; the unending quest for authority; and appeals to the sanctity of tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction  1: Founding Theories of Modernity and the Critique of Jewish Practice  2: Twentieth-Century Theories of Modernity and the Study of Jewish Practice  3: The Distinctiveness of Modern Jewish Practice  4: The Politics of Jewish Ritual Observance  5: New Reasons for Old Commandments: The Strategy of Symbolic Explanation  6: Nostalgia as Modern Jewish Mitzvah  7: Buber, Rosenzweig, and the Authority of the Commandments  8: The Reconstruction of Jewish Tradition in Twentieth-Century America Conclusion  Notes  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399962534231,"sku":"9780226195285","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226195285.jpg?v=1730469284","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-modern-judaism-ritual-commandment-community-chicago-studies-in-the-history-of-judaism-9780226195285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}