The Oxford Handbook Of Jewish Studies

by Goodman, Martin; Cohen, Jeremy; Sorkin, David

• ISBN13: 9780199280322
• ISBN10: 0199280320
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies reflects the current state of scholarship in the field as analyzed by an international team of experts in the different and varied areas represented within contemporary Jewish Studies. Unlike recent attempts to encapsulate the current state of Jewish Studies, the Oxford Handbook is more than a mere compendium of agreed facts; rather, it is an exhaustive survey of current interests and directions in the field.

Author Biography

Martin Goodman is Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford. Jeremy Cohen is Professor of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University. David Sorkin is Professor of Jewish History at the University of Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
List of Abbreviations	xii
Preface	xiii
The Nature of Jewish Studies	1	(13)
Martin Goodman
Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies	14	(22)
Alan Cooper
Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period	36	(17)
Martin Goodman
The Literature of the Second Temple Period	53	(26)
John J. Collins
Historiography on the Jews in the `Talmudic Period': 70--640 CE	79	(36)
Seth Schwartz
Classical Rabbinic Literature	115	(26)
Catherine Hezser
The Narratives of Medieval Jewish History	141	(12)
Joseph Dan
Medieval Jewry in Christendom	153	(40)
Ram Ben-Shalom
Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam	193	(26)
Mark R. Cohen
Rabbinic Literature in the Middle Ages: 1000--1492	219	(22)
Israel Ta-Shma
The Study of Hebrew Literature of the Middle Ages: Major Trends and Goals	241	(54)
Tova Rosen
Eli Yassif
Medieval Karaism	295	(32)
Meira Polliack
Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries Since 1492	327	(36)
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
European Jewry in the Early Modern Period: 1492--1750	363	(13)
Elisheva Carlebach
Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period: 1750--1933	376	(20)
David Rechter
Eastern European Jewry in the Modern Period: 1750--1939	396	(16)
Michael Stanislawski
The Holocaust	412	(33)
Saul Friedlander
Settlement and State in Eretz Israel	445	(26)
S. Ilan Troen
American Jewish History	471	(20)
Hasia Diner
The Hebrew Language	491	(24)
Pablo-Isaac Halevi
Modern Hebrew Literature	515	(26)
Glenda Abramson
Yiddish Studies	541	(31)
Cecile E. Kuznitz
Judaeo-Spanish Studies	572	(29)
Ora R. Schwarzwald
Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Persian	601	(20)
Geoffrey Khan
Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures Since 1492	621	(22)
Ilan Stavans
Halacha and Law	643	(37)
Bernard Jackson
B. Lifshitz
A. Gray
D. B. Sinclair
Bible Interpretation	680	(25)
Michael Fishbane
Mysticism	705	(28)
Philip S. Alexander
Jewish Liturgy and Jewish Scholarship: Method and Cosmology	733	(23)
Lawrence A. Hoffman
Jewish Philosophy and Theology	756	(14)
Paul Mendes-Flohr
Jewish Women's Studies	770	(27)
Tal Ilan
Demography	797	(27)
Sergio Della Pergola
Art, Architecture, and Archaeology	824	(28)
Lee I. Levine
Music	852	(18)
Philip V. Bohlman
Jewish Theatre	870	(41)
Ahuva Belkin
Gad Kaynar
Jewish and Israeli Film Studies	911	(32)
Moshe Zimerman
Anti-Semitism Research	943	(13)
Wolfgang Benz
Jewish Folklore and Ethnography	956	(19)
Galit Hasan-Rokem
Modern Jewish Society and Sociology	975	(28)
Harvey E. Goldberg
Index	1003