TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kwall,Roberta Rosenthal
TI  - The myth of the cultural Jew: culture and law in Jewish tradition 
SN  - 9780190226589
AV  - BM520.6 
U1  - 296.1/8 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - Jews
KW  - Identity
KW  - Culture and law
KW  - Droit juif
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - Juifs
KW  - Identité
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Judisk rätt
KW  - sao
KW  - Judendom
KW  - Judar
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The myth of the cultural Jew -- Culture, law, and the development of Jewish tradition -- Origins and development of Jewish law: a top-down view -- The norms of Jewish law observance: a bottom-up view -- The birth of Jewish denominations in modernity and their divergent views on Jewish law -- Foundational conflicts: "who is a Jew" and Sabbath laws -- Homosexuality -- Women and synagogue ritual -- The State of Israel's role in forging Jewish law and culture in the post-Holocaust era -- Jewish identity in the United States -- The lessons of cultural analysis
N2  - A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law produces Jewish culture. Roberta Rosenthal Kwall develops and applies a cultural analysis paradigm to the Jewish tradition that departs from the understanding of Jewish law solely as the embodiment of Divine command
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