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Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice
Michael L. Satlow
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Description for Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice
Paperback. Offers a different way of understanding Judaism that recognizes both its immense diversity and its unifying features. Presenting a series of portraits of Judaism throughout time and from around the globe, this work explores how communities shaped Jewish tradition in light of historical circumstances. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482. History, Tradition, Practice. 360 pages, 19 illus. Offers a different way of understanding Judaism that recognizes both its immense diversity and its unifying features. Presenting a series of portraits of Judaism throughout time and from around the globe, this work explores how communities shaped Jewish tradition in light of historical circumstances. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRJ. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight: 496.
How can we define "Judaism," and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L. Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities and its immense diversity. Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe and throughout history, Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities and their Jewish traditions. He studies the geonim, rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; ... Read more
How can we define "Judaism," and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews in Israel? Michael L. Satlow offers a fresh perspective on Judaism that recognizes both its similarities and its immense diversity. Presenting snapshots of Judaism from around the globe and throughout history, Satlow explores the links between vastly different communities and their Jewish traditions. He studies the geonim, rabbinical scholars who lived in Iraq from the ninth to twelfth centuries; the intellectual flourishing of Jews in medieval Spain; how the Hasidim of nineteenth-century Eastern Europe confronted modernity; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
510g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134897
SKU
V9780231134897
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About Michael L. Satlow
Michael L. Satlow is associate professor of religious studies and Judaic studies at Brown University. He is the author of Jewish Marriage in Antiquity and Tasting the Dish: Rabbinic Rhetorics of Sexuality.
Reviews for Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice
This book will give readers a new perspective on a very old product of human creativity. CHOICE