{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-history-of-jews-and-judaism-isbn-9781405196376","title":"The Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism \u003c\/i\u003epresents a panoramic and comprehensive overview of the major aspects of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period through to contemporary times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of outstanding contributions from leading experts presents the latest scholarship on a range of questions relating to Jews, Jewish history, Judaism, folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the manifold participation of Jews in general culture through various times and geographical locales. In addition, the book explores Jewish historiography and the lives of ordinary people, the achievements of Jewish women, and the sustained interaction of Jews within the environments they inhabited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring the major periods and themes of Jewish history and the history of Judaism, the volume features a wide range of contemporary approaches that demonstrate the maturation of Jewish studies. Special attention is accorded to underrepresented eras, including the early modern and post-1945 periods of Jewish history in all their major dimensions. More contentious scholarly issues – such as the relationship of Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible, or the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel – feature multiple essays that reveal varied points of view. Lively and informative, this essential single-volume reference reflects our current state of knowledge on the evolution of Jewish life and culture, from its ancient origins to the modern age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \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–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  \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  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan T. Levenson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Schusterman\/ Josey Professor of Jewish Religious and Intellectual History at the University of Oklahoma. His publications include \u003ci\u003eBetween Philosemitism and Antisemitism\u003c\/i\u003e (2004); \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Joseph: A Journey of Jewish Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (2004); \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers\u003c\/i\u003e (2nd ed., 2006); and \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Modern Jewish Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell History of Jews and Judaism \u003c\/i\u003epresents a panoramic and comprehensive overview of the major aspects of Jewish life and culture, from the biblical period through to contemporary times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of outstanding contributions from leading experts presents the latest scholarship on a range of questions relating to Jews, Jewish history, Judaism, folk practices, politics, economic structure, the relationship of Judaism to Christianity, and the manifold participation of Jews in general culture through various times and geographical locales. In addition, the book explores Jewish historiography and the lives of ordinary people, the achievements of Jewish women, and the sustained interaction of Jews within the environments they inhabited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring the major periods and themes of Jewish history and the history of Judaism, the volume features a wide range of contemporary approaches that demonstrate the maturation of Jewish studies. Special attention is accorded to underrepresented eras, including the early modern and post-1945 periods of Jewish history in all their major dimensions. More contentious scholarly issues – such as the relationship of Ancient Israel and the Hebrew Bible, or the nature of Zionism diaspora and its implications for contemporary Israel – feature multiple essays that reveal varied points of view. Lively and informative, this essential single-volume reference reflects our current state of knowledge on the evolution of Jewish life and culture, from its ancient origins to the modern age.   \"An excellent, comprehensive, and accessible overview of the major trends, tensions, and transformations in Jewish history. This volume, consisting of 37 readable essays by different authors, places Jews and Judaism clearly in the context of the world around them. This is a great starting point for undergraduates and adult students of Jewish history.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eDavid Ariel\u003c\/b\u003e, President of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by an international authority in modern Jewish history and thought, Alan Levenson has assembled a collection of essays on Jews and Judaism from Ancient Israel to 2010. He chose a wonderful combination of veteran and emerging scholars. Their essays are written with clarity, intelligence, and the most recent research. Essay after essay is accessible yet scholarly. A fascinating and comprehensive collection.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMarc Lee Raphael,\u003c\/b\u003e College of William and Mary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990370795749,"sku":"NP9781405196376","price":216.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405196376.jpg?v=1761787552","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-history-of-jews-and-judaism-isbn-9781405196376","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}