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Who Is a Jew (in Africa)? Definitional and Ethical Considerations in the Study of Sub-Saharan Jewry and Judaism

The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 2019
In recent decades, the fulcrum of African Jewry has shifted from long-established Ethiopian communities to emerging ones in West and Central Africa. This transition from “old” to “new” expressions of Judaism in Africa reanimates the question, “Who is a ...
William F. S. Miles
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Freemasonry and Judaism

2014
The relations between Freemasonry, Judaism, Jews, and Freemasons have attracted the attention of many buffs, bigots, and conspiracy theorists, and as a result the vast majority of information on the topic is pernicious and delusional drivel. This chapter offers some solid ground amidst the quicksand by means of a very quick overview of the religious ...
Robert Jan van Pelt, Robert Jan van Pelt
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German Jews Beyond Judaism

Preface I. A Cultural Emancipation II. German Jews and German Popular Culture III. Intellectual Authority and Scholarship IV. A Left-Wing Identity V. The End and a New Beginning?
G. Mosse
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From Anti-Judaism to Anti-Semitism: Ancient and Medieval Christian Constructions of Jewish History

, 2016
From its earliest days, Christianity has viewed Judaism and Jews ambiguously. Given its roots within the Jewish community of first-century Palestine, there was much in Judaism that demanded Church admiration and praise; however, as Jews continued to ...
R. Chazan
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The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism

, 2017
In The Rabbinic Conversion of Judaism, Moshe Lavee offers an account of crucial internal developments in the rabbinic corpus, showing how the Babylonian Talmud challenged and extended the rabbinic model of conversion to Judaism.
Moshe Lavee
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Israeli Judaism : The Sociology of Religion in Israel

, 2018
This is an unusual and extremely timely collective effort. It appears at a moment inwhich Israelis not only must confront their Arab neighbors, but must deal with one another as Jews possessing radically different views on the present and future of the ...
S. Deshen
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An Introduction To Judaism

, 2016
Course Description: This course surveys the major practices, beliefs, and traditions of Judaism. Throughout, we will ask: what is Judaism? In an attempt to answer this deceptively simple question, students will examine how Jewish communities across ...

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And They Shall Be One Flesh: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism

, 2016
In “And They Shall Be One Flesh”: On the Language of Mystical Union in Judaism Adam Afterman offers an extensive study of mystical union and mystical embodiment through the divine name and spirit in Judaism.
Adam Afterman
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Digital Judaism : Jewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture

, 2015
digital judaism jewish negotiations with digital media digital judaism jewish negotiations with digital media and culture routledge studies in religion and digital culture 1st edition, centre for jewish studies university of manchester renate smithuis ...
Heidi A. Campbell
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The Origins of Organized Charity in Rabbinic Judaism

, 2015
This book examines the origins of communal and institutional almsgiving in rabbinic Judaism. It undertakes a close reading of foundational rabbinic texts (Mishnah, Tosefta, and Tannaitic Midrashim) and places their discourses on organized giving in their
Gregg E Gardner
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