{"product_id":"the-wileyblackwell-history-of-jews-and-judaism-9781405196376","title":"The WileyBlackwell History of Jews and Judaism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e, a team of internationally-renowned scholars offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period to contemporary times.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the main periods and themes of Jewish history, from Biblical Israel, through medieval and early modern periods, to Judaism since the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Judaism today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together an international team of established and emerging scholars across a range of disciplines\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how to present Judaism - to both non-Jews and Jews - as a religious system on its own terms and with its own unique vocabulary\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the latest scholarship on a range of issues, including folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Consequently, this book can serve as a useful addition for undergraduates collections on Judaism and Jewish history and as an introductory guide for advanced students.  Summing Up: Recommended.  All levels\/libraries.”\u003ci\u003e  (Choice,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Contributors ix  \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Ancient Israel 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What Is the Hebrew Bible? 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrederick E. Greenspahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 How “Historical” Is Ancient Israel? 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEhud Ben Zvi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Priests and Levites in the Hebrew Bible 35\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen A. Geller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How Unique Was Israelite Prophecy? 53\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan St€okl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Judaism after the Exile: The Later Books of the Bible 70\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel C. Snell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Translation: The Biblical Legacy to Judaism 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonard Greenspoon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II From Ancient Israel to Rabbinic Jewry 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Jews in the Land During the Second Temple Period 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Werlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Jews in Egypt: The Special Case of the Septuagint 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeg Kershenbaum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Early Christianity in a Jewish Context 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Galambush\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Babylonian Consolidation of Rabbinic Judaism 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eShai Secunda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Medieval World: Jews in Two Cultures 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Jews in Christian Europe: Ashkenaz in the Middle Ages 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEva Haverkamp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Jews in the Medieval Arabic-Speaking World 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNorman (Noam) Stillman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Turning Point: The Spanish Expulsion 224\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane S. Gerber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Medieval Jewish Mysticism 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHartley Lachter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Early Modern Period (Sixteenth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Eighteenth Centuries) 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Judaism and Science in the Age of Discovery 259\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph M. Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A History of Hasidism: Origins and Developments 277\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGadi Sagiv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Jews and Judaism in the Early Modern New World: Central and North America 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean Phillip Bell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Jews of the Ottoman Empire 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYaron Ayalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V The Modern Period 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 How Jews Modernized: The Western Nations 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarsten Schapkow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Zionist Movement and the Path to Statehood 343\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian Amkraut\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Jews in the Land of the Russian Tsars 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJarrod Tanny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Great Migration: 1881–1924 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJessica Cooperman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Polish Jewry between the World Wars 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSean Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Organized Movements of American Judaism: From 1880 to World War II 409\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael R. Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Paths of Modernity: Jewish Women in Central Europe 422\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKerry Wallach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hostility 441\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard S. Levy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Jews and Judaism since the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel 459\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 The Existential Crisis of the Holocaust 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Haas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 American Jews and the Jewish State 476\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Bamberger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Judaism(s) in Contemporary America 489\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDana Evan Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Traditional Judaism in the Twenty-First Century 514\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark I. Dunaevsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Contemporary American Jewish Culture 529\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTed Merwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Israeli Culture from 1948 to the Present 548\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKeren Rubinstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 The Israeli Economy 571\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul Rivlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Ethnic Diversity in Israel 586\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAri Ariel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Special Topics 601\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The World of Jewish Music 603\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarsha Bryan Edelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 American Jewry’s Identification with Israel: Problems and Prospects 619\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurence J. Silberstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 The Jewish Holy Days 643\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStanley Schachter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 661\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407929319767,"sku":"9781405196376","price":124.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405196376.jpg?v=1730500992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wileyblackwell-history-of-jews-and-judaism-9781405196376","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}