Gondos, Daniel Maoz and Andrea.
From Antiquity to the Postmodern World. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE THE RABBINIC PERIOD -- CHAPTER ONE ON THE MARGINS OF JEWISHNESS -- CHAPTER TWO DOMESTICWOMEN -- CHAPTER THREE RABBINIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTERMARRIAGE -- PART TWO JEWISH MYSTICISM -- CHAPTER FOUR KABBALA, HALAKHA, AND THE AGE OF PRINTING -- CHAPTER FIVE KEEPING THE FAITH -- CHAPTER SIX TOSH, BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON -- PART THREE JEWISH TEXTS -- CHAPTER SEVEN PROPORTIONALITY IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND THE PURSUIT OF PEACE -- CHAPTER EIGHT CHAVRUTA -- CHAPTER NINE CAN THEOLOGY BE CREATED IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF NON-THEOLOGY? -- PART FOUR JEWISH HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND ART -- CHAPTER TEN WE WERE CALLED GREENIES -- CHAPTER ELEVEN INVOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY -- CHAPTER TWELVE REFLECTIONS OF THE CANADIAN DIASPORA THROUGH THE WINDOW OF COOKBOOKS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN RECLAIMING SEPHARDIC IDENTITY -- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Characteristic histories and literatures of the Jewish people are brought together in this volume and arranged in the form of a cultural mosaic, a distinctly Canadian approach to life. The articles and scholarly contributions contained herein investigate Jewish life and thought not merely in the Canadian and contemporary context but also in other geographical localities and historical epochs that were formative in the shaping of Jewish history. The wealth of knowledge represented within these pages engages traditional ancient Jewish sources (Talmud and Tanakh, Mishnah and Midrash); topics in Jewish mysticism (Lurianic Kabbala, popularization of kabbalistic literature, the Tosher Rebbe); historical and contemporary themes that address aspects and environ of everyday life (kitchen, classroom, theologian�a�™s desk, synagogue, Holocaust survival, women�a�™s and peace studies). Jewish life and identity, better described than defined, come alive in the reading of this book. Both general readers and specialists will find value in this collection of studies. For the former, it offers a glimpse into the complicated network of themes and perspectives in which contemporary Jews engage. Rich bibliographies of cogent resources avail themselves to the latter. They will nevertheless commonly conclude that, however diverse the terrain, Jewish Studies in Canada �a�" with research ongoing and range ever-expanding �a�" offers vibrant and real response to key questions raised in past generations: �a��Who is a Jew?�a� and �a��What is Judaism?�a�.
9781443830454
Jews - Study and teaching - Canada.
Electronic books.
DS112
909.04924
From Antiquity to the Postmodern World. - 1 online resource (316 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- TABLES -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE THE RABBINIC PERIOD -- CHAPTER ONE ON THE MARGINS OF JEWISHNESS -- CHAPTER TWO DOMESTICWOMEN -- CHAPTER THREE RABBINIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS INTERMARRIAGE -- PART TWO JEWISH MYSTICISM -- CHAPTER FOUR KABBALA, HALAKHA, AND THE AGE OF PRINTING -- CHAPTER FIVE KEEPING THE FAITH -- CHAPTER SIX TOSH, BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON -- PART THREE JEWISH TEXTS -- CHAPTER SEVEN PROPORTIONALITY IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND THE PURSUIT OF PEACE -- CHAPTER EIGHT CHAVRUTA -- CHAPTER NINE CAN THEOLOGY BE CREATED IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF NON-THEOLOGY? -- PART FOUR JEWISH HISTORY, SOCIETY, AND ART -- CHAPTER TEN WE WERE CALLED GREENIES -- CHAPTER ELEVEN INVOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY -- CHAPTER TWELVE REFLECTIONS OF THE CANADIAN DIASPORA THROUGH THE WINDOW OF COOKBOOKS -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN RECLAIMING SEPHARDIC IDENTITY -- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Characteristic histories and literatures of the Jewish people are brought together in this volume and arranged in the form of a cultural mosaic, a distinctly Canadian approach to life. The articles and scholarly contributions contained herein investigate Jewish life and thought not merely in the Canadian and contemporary context but also in other geographical localities and historical epochs that were formative in the shaping of Jewish history. The wealth of knowledge represented within these pages engages traditional ancient Jewish sources (Talmud and Tanakh, Mishnah and Midrash); topics in Jewish mysticism (Lurianic Kabbala, popularization of kabbalistic literature, the Tosher Rebbe); historical and contemporary themes that address aspects and environ of everyday life (kitchen, classroom, theologian�a�™s desk, synagogue, Holocaust survival, women�a�™s and peace studies). Jewish life and identity, better described than defined, come alive in the reading of this book. Both general readers and specialists will find value in this collection of studies. For the former, it offers a glimpse into the complicated network of themes and perspectives in which contemporary Jews engage. Rich bibliographies of cogent resources avail themselves to the latter. They will nevertheless commonly conclude that, however diverse the terrain, Jewish Studies in Canada �a�" with research ongoing and range ever-expanding �a�" offers vibrant and real response to key questions raised in past generations: �a��Who is a Jew?�a� and �a��What is Judaism?�a�.
9781443830454
Jews - Study and teaching - Canada.
Electronic books.
DS112
909.04924
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