Cultures of the Jews, Volume 2: Diversities of Diaspora

Cultures of the Jews, Volume 2: Diversities of Diaspora
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Scattered over much of the world throughout most of their history, are the Jews one people or many? How do they resemble and how do they differ from Jews in other places and times? What have their relationships been to the cultures of their neighbors? To address these and similar questions, some of the finest scholars of our day have contributed their insights to Cultures of the Jews, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award upon its hardcover publication in 2002.

Constructing their essays around specific cultural artifacts that were created in the period and locale under study, the contributors describe the cultural interactions among different Jewsâ€“from rabbis and scholars to non-elite groups, including womenâ€“as well as between Jews and the surrounding non-Jewish world. What they conclude is that although Jews have always had their own autonomous traditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered the fixed product of either ancient ethnic or religious origins. Rather, it has shifted and assumed new forms in response to the cultural environment in which the Jews have lived.

Diversities of Diaspora, the second volume in Cultures of the Jews, illuminates Judeo-Arabic culture in the Golden Age of Islam; Sephardic culture as it bloomed first on the Iberian Peninsula and later in Amsterdam; and the Jewish-Christian symbiosis in Ashkenazic Europe. It also discusses Jewish culture in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; the culture of the Italian Jews of the Renaissance period; and representations of folklore and material culture through childbirth rituals throughout the Jewish diaspora.
Country USA
Brand RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer Schocken
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2006-01-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780805212013

Country	USA
Brand	RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
Manufacturer	Schocken
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2006-01-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780805212013

Cultures of the Jews, Volume 2: Diversities of Diaspora

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