The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

This Volume On Jewish Studies Presents Surveys Of Today's Interests And Directions In The Humanities And Social Sciences. It Covers The Main Areas Taught And Researched As Part Of Jewish Studies In Universities Throughout The World, Especially In Europe, The Us, And Israel. The Nature Of Jewish Studies / Martin Goodman -- Biblical Studies And Jewish Studies / Alan Cooper -- Jews And Judaism In The Second Temple Period / Martin Goodman -- The Literature Of The Second Temple Period / John J. Collins -- Historiography On The Jews In The 'talmudic Period': 70-640 Ce / Seth Schwartz -- Classical Rabbinic Literature / Catherine Hezser -- The Narratives Of Medieval Jewish History / Joseph Dan -- Medieval Jewry In Christendom / Ram Ben-shalom -- Medieval Jewry In The World Of Islam / Mark R. Cohen -- Rabbinic Literature In The Middle Ages: 1000-1492 / Israel Ta-shma -- The Study Of Hebrew Literature Of The Middle Ages: Major Trends And Goals / Tova Rosen And Eli Yassif -- Medieval Karaism / Meira Polliack -- Sephardi And Middle Eastern Jewries Since 1492 / Sarah Abrevaya Stein -- European Jewry In The Early Modern Period, 1492 To 1750 / Elisheva Carlebach -- Western And Central European Jewry In The Modern Period: 1750-1933 / David Rechter -- Eastern European Jewry In The Modern Period: 1750-1939 / Michael Stanislawski -- The Holocaust / Saul Friedlander -- Settlement And State In Eretz Israel / S. Ilan Troen -- American Jewish History / Hasia Diner -- The Hebrew Language / Pablo-isaac Halevi (kirtchuk). Modern Hebrew Literature / Glenda Abramson -- Yiddish Studies / Cecilia E. Kuznitz -- Judaeo-spanish Studies / Ora R. Schwarzwald -- Judaeo-arabic And Judaeo-persian / Geoffrey Khan -- Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures Since 1492 / Ilan Stavans -- Halacha And Law / Bernard Jackson, With B. Lifshitz, A. Gray, And D.b. Sinclair -- Bible Interpretation / Michael Fishbane -- Mysticism / Philip S. Alexander -- Jewish Liturgy And Jewish Scholarship: Method And Cosmology / Lawrence A. Hoffman -- Jewish Philosophy And Theology / Paul Mendes-flohr -- Jewish Women's Studies / Tal Ilan -- Demography / Sergio Della Pergola -- Art, Architecture, And Archaeology / Lee I. Levine -- Music / Philip V. Bohlman -- Jewish Theatre / Ahuvia Belkin And Gad Kaynar -- Jewish And Israeli Film Studies / Moshe Zimerman -- Anti-semitism Research / Wolfgang Benz -- Jewish Folklore And Ethnography / Galit Hasan-rokem -- Modern Jewish Society And Sociology / Harvey E. Goldberg. Edited By Martin Goodman ; Associate Editors, Jeremy Cohen And David Sorkin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.