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Title The Oxford handbook of Jewish studies / edited by Martin Goodman ; associate editors, Jeremy Cohen and David Sorkin
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description xiv, 1037 pages ; 26 cm
Contents The nature of Jewish studies / Martin Goodman -- Biblical studies and Jewish studies / Alan Cooper -- Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period / Martin Goodman -- The literature of the Second Temple Period / John J. Collins -- Historiography on the Jews in the 'Talmudic Period': 70-640 CE / Seth Schwartz -- Classical Rabbinic literature / Catherine Hezser -- The narratives of medieval Jewish history / Joseph Dan -- Medieval Jewry in Christendom / Ram Ben-Shalom -- Medieval Jewry in the world of Islam / Mark R. Cohen -- Rabbinic literature in the Middle Ages: 1000-1492 / Israel Ta-Shma -- The study of Hebrew literature of the Middle Ages: major trends and goals / Tova Rosen and / Eli Yassif -- Medieval Karaism / Meira Polliack -- Sephardi and Middle Eastern Jewries since 1492 / Sarah Abrevaya Stein -- European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750 / Elisheva Carlebach -- Western and Central European Jewry in the modern period: 1750-1933 / David Rechter -- Eastern European Jewry in the modern period: 1750-1939 / Michael Stanislawski -- The Holocaust / Saul Friedlander -- Settlement and state in Eretz Israel / S. Ilan Troen -- American Jewish history / Hasia Diner -- The Hebrew language / Pablo-Isaac Halevi (Kirtchuk) --
Modern Hebrew Literature / Glenda Abramson -- Yiddish studies / Cecilia E. Kuznitz -- Judaeo-Spanish studies / Ora R. Schwarzwald -- Judaeo-Arabic and Judaeo-Persian / Geoffrey Khan -- Other Diaspora Jewish literatures since 1492 / Ilan Stavans -- Halacha and law / Bernard Jackson with / B. Lifshitz / A. Gray and / D. B. Sinclair -- Bible interpretation / Michael Fishbane -- Mysticism / Philip S. Alexander -- Jewish liturgy and Jewish scholarship: method and cosmology / Lawrence A. Hoffman -- Jewish philosophy and theology / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Jewish women's studies / Tal Ilan -- Demography / Sergio Della Pergola -- Art, architecture, and archaeology / Lee I. Levine -- Music / Philip V. Bohlman -- Jewish theatre / Ahuvia Belkin and / Gad Kaynar -- Jewish and Israeli film studies / Moshe Zimerman -- Anti-semitism research / Wolfgang Benz -- Jewish folklore and ethnography / Galit Hasan-Rokem -- Modern Jewish society and sociology / Harvey E. Goldberg
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Judaism -- Study and teaching.
Jews -- Civilization -- Study and teaching.
Author Goodman, Martin, 1953-
Cohen, Jeremy, 1953-
Sorkin, David Jan.
LC no. 2002035554
ISBN 0198299966 acid-free paper
0199280320 paperback