Cover; Contents; Note on Transliteration; Introduction: Writing Jewish History in the Postmodern Climate; 1. Some a priori Issues in Jewish Historiography; 2. The Postmodern Period in Jewish History; 3. Hybrid with What? The Relationship between Jewish Culture and Other People's Cultures; 4. The Jewish Contribution to (Multicultural) Civilization; 5. Prolegomenon to the Study of Jewish Cultural History; 6. Methodological Hybridity: The Art of Jewish Historio graphy and the Methods of Folklore; 7. Jewish Women's History: First Steps and a False Start-The Case of Jacob Katz
Conclusion: Jewish History and Postmodernity-Challenge and RapprochementBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z
Summary
With great vigour and from the vantage point of long experience of writing and teaching Jewish history, Moshe Rosman treats the key questions that postmodernism raises for the writing of Jewish history. What is the relationship between Jewish culture and history and those of the non-Jews among whom Jews live? Can we-in the light of postmodernist thought-speak of a continuous, coherent Jewish People, with a distinct culture and history? What in fact is Jewish cultural history, and how can it be written? How does gender transform the Jewish historical narrative? How does Jewish history fit into t
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-216) and index
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