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Modern Judaism
An Oxford Guide
Nicholas de Lange and Miri Freud-Kandel
472 pages
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246x189mm
978-0-19-926287-8
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Paperback
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20 January 2005
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- A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary volume of newly-commissioned chapters that will serve as a main course text for the study of Modern/Contemporary Judaism
- Includes surveys of current thought in central areas of Modern Jewish Studies, alongside focused chapters on key areas
- Includes a section on Area Studies which highlights the geographical, political and cultural diversity that is a prominent feature of Judaism today and examines the distinctive features of some of the most populous regions of the Jewish world
A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, multi-authored guide to contemporary Jewish life and thought, focusing on social, cultural and historical aspects of Judaism alongside theological issues. This volume includes 38 newly-commissioned essays, including contributions from leading specialists in their fields. This book covers the major areas of thought in contemporary Jewish Studies, including considerations of religious differences, sociological, philosophical, and gender issues,
geographical diversity, inter-faith relations, and the impact of the Shoah (the Holocaust) and the modern state of Israel.Readership: Suitable for all undergraduate students studying Modern Judaism. Also for the general reader looking for a comprehensive guide to Modern Judaism.
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Nicholas de Lange, Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and Miri Freud-Kandel, Lecturer in Modern Judaism, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford Contributors:
Professor Nicholas de Lange, University of Cambridge
Dr Miri Freud-Kandel, University of Oxford
Dr Uzi Rebhun, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Lois Dubin, Smith College
Professor Robert van Pelt, University of Waterloo
Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi, St Antony's College, Oxford
Professor Eliezer Don-Yehiya, Bar-llan
University
Professor Yaakov Malkin, Tel Aviv University
George Wilkes
Professor Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University
Professor Eran Kaplan, University of Cincinnati
Professor Paula Hyman, Yale University
Professor John Klier, Centre for Advanced Judaic Studies, Philadelphia
Professor Harvey Goldberg, Indiana University
Dr Ezra Kopelowitz, Department of Jewish Zionist Education, The Jewish Agency
Dr Nurit Stadler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Ruth Langer, Boston College
Dr Jeremy Wanderer, University of Cape Town
Professor Norbert M. Samuelson, Arizona State University
Professor David Novak, University of Tornoto
Professor Peter
Ochs, University of Virginia
Professor Kenneth Seeskin, Northwestern University
Dr Daniel Rynhold, King's College, London
Professor Michael Zank, University of Frankfurt
Professor Jonathan Cohen, Hebrew Union College
Dr Daniel Sinclair, Tel Aviv University
Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, DePaul University
Professor Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College
Professor Judith Baskin, Oregon University
Mark Solomon
Professor Elliot Horowitz, Rutgers University
Dr M. M. Tolstoy, University of Cambridge
Professor Reuven Firestone, Hebrew Union College, Los Angele
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The Editors: General Introduction
1: Uzi Rebhun: Demographic Issues
Historical Issues
2: Lois Dubin: Enlightenment and Emancipation
3: Robert Jan van Pelt: Persecution
4: Emmanuele Ottolenghi: A National Home
5: Emmanuele Ottolenghi: Post-Zionism
Issues of Religion and Modernity
6: Miri Freud-Kandel: Modernist Movements
7: Eliezer Don-Yehiya: Traditionalist Strands
8: Yaakov Malkin: Humanist and Secular Judaisms
9: George Wilkes: Jewish Renewal
Local Issues
10: Chaim Waxman: American Jewry
11: Eran Kaplan: Israeli Jewry
12: Paula Hyman: French Jewry
13: Miri Freud-Kandel: British Jewry
14: John Klier: Jewry in the Former Soviet Union
Social Issues
15: Harvey Goldberg: Survey
16: Ezra Kopelowitz: Jewish Identity
17: Nurit Stadler: Fundamentalism
Religious Issues
18: Ruth Langer: Prayer and Worship
19: Nicholas de Lange: Authority of Texts
20: Jeremy Wanderer: The Future of Jewish Practice
Theological Issues
21: Norbert Samuelson: Survey
22: David Novak: Revelation
23: Peter Ochs: Covenant
Philosophical Issues
24: Kenneth Seeskin: Survey
25: Daniel Rynhold: The Problem of Evil
26: Michael Zank: Jewish Ethics in a Modern World
Halakhic Issues
27: Joanathan Cohen: Survey
28: Daniel Sinclair: Halakhah and Israel
29: Steven H. Resnicoff: Contemporary Issues in Halakhah
Gender Issues
30: Susannah Heschel: Survey
31: Judith Baskin: The Changing Role of the Woman
32: Mark Solomon: Sexuality
Judaism and the Other
33: Elliot Horowitz: As Others See Jews
34: MargieTolstoy: Jewish-Christian Relations
35: Reuven Firestone: Jewish-Muslim Relations
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