Judaism viewed from within and from without :

Judaism viewed from within and from without : anthropological studies / edited and with introductions by Harvey E. Goldberg. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1987. - 1 online resource (x, 352 pages :) : illustrations. - SUNY Series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies . - SUNY series in anthropology and Judaic studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""Front Matter""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Reflections on the Mutual Relevance of Anthropology and Judaic Studies""; ""Content""; ""History and Patterning""; ""Introduction to Part I""; ""The Laws of Mixture: An Anthropological Study in Halakhah""; ""The Consumption of Sabbatical Year Produce in Biblicaland Rabbinic Literature""; ""Torah and Children: Some Symbolic Aspects of the Reproduction of Jews and Judaism""; ""Judaism in America""; ""Introduction to Part II"" """"Life Not Death in Venice"": Its Second Life""""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Sacred Categories and Social Relations: The Visibility and Invisibility of Gender in an American Jewish Community""; ""Drama on a Table: The Bobover Hasidim Piremshbpiyl""; ""Judaism in Israel""; ""Introduction to Part III""; ""Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism""; ""The Symbolic Inscription of Zionist Ideology in the Space of Eretz Yisrael: Why the Native Israeli is called Tsabar"" ""Dreams and the Wishes of the Saint""""Back Matter""; ""Epilogue: Text in Jewish Society and the Challenge of Comparison""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

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Anthropology.
Judaism--Israel.
Jews--Social conditions.--United States
Judaism--United States.
Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
Anthropology.
Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
Jews--Social conditions.--United States
Judaism--Israel.
Judaism--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Anthropology.
Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
Jews--Social conditions.
Judaism.


Israel.
United States.

"Multi-User"


Electronic books.

BM520.2 / .J83 1987

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