The Boundaries of Judaism PDF
by Donniel Hartman
Part of the The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies series
Description
The factionalism and denominationalism of modern Jewry makes it supremely difficult to create a definition of the Jewish people.
Instead of serving as a uniting force around which community is formed, Judaism has itself become a source of divisions.
Consequently, attempts to identify beliefs or practices essential for membership in the Jewish people are almost doomed to failure.Aiming to take readers beyond the divisions that characterize modern Jewry, this book explores the ever contentious question of "who is a Jew." Through a historical survey of the shifting boundaries of Jewish identity and deviance over time, the book provides new insights into how Jewish law over the centuries has erected boundaries to govern and maintain the collective identity of the Jewish people.
Drawing on these historical strategies the book identifies the causes and reasons that underlie them, and employs these in order to help construct a guide for creating a structure of boundaries relevant for contemporary Jewish existence.
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- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:27/09/2007
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- ISBN:9781441106971
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Publication Date:27/09/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9781441106971
