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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462382303321

Titolo

Judaism viewed from within and from without [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological studies / / edited and with introductions by Harvey E. Goldberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, N.Y., : State University of New York Press, c1987

ISBN

1-4384-0428-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldbergHarvey E

Disciplina

306/.6

Soggetti

Jewish law - Interpretation and construction

Judaism - United States

Jews - United States - Social conditions

Judaism - Israel

Anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Reflections on the Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Judaic Studies""; ""Content""; ""History and Patterning""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""The Laws of Mixture: An Anthropological Study in Halakhah""; ""The Consumption of Sabbatical Year Produce in Biblicaland Rabbinic Literature""; ""Torah and Children: Some Symbolic Aspects of the Reproduction of Jews and Judaism""; ""Judaism in America""; ""Introduction to Part II""

""""Life Not Death in Venice"": Its Second Life""""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Drama on a Table: The Bobover Hasidim Piremshbpiyl""; ""Judaism in Israel""; ""Introduction to Part III""; ""Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism""; ""The Symbolic Inscription of Zionist Ideology in the Space of Eretz Yisrael: Why the Native Israeli



is called Tsabar""

""Dreams and the Wishes of the Saint""""Back Matter""; ""Epilogue: Text in Jewish Society and the Challenge of Comparison""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""