| Defining Judaism: A Reader Contributor(s): Jaffee, Martin S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184553087X ISBN-13: 9781845530877 Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: This volume illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. The editor holds that sound definitions of religious traditions in general emerge from complex dialogues between "insiders," who define themselves vis-a-vis "outsiders," and "outsiders," who theorize and generalize about the self-definitions of "insiders." Accordingly, the texts anthologized here include examples of Jewish voices articulating their own "native" self-understanding as well as academic interpretive discourses proposing to place these self-understandings within historical, anthropogical, or phenomenological frameworks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Jewish Studies |
| Dewey: 296 |
| Series: Critical Categories in the Study of Religion |
| Physical Information: 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book illustrates the range of theoretical and practical issues involved in defining Judaism for the purposes of comparative and historical studies. The editor holds that sound definitions of religious traditions in general emerge from complex dialogues between insiders, who define themselves vis a vis outsiders, and outsiders, who theorize and generalize about the self-definitions of insiders. Accordingly, the texts anthologized here include examples of Jewish voices articulating their own native self-understanding as well as academic interpretive discourses proposing to place these self-understandings within historical, anthropogical, or phenomenological frameworks. |