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The myth of the cultural Jew : culture and law in Jewish tradition / Roberta Rosenthal Kwall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (vii, 312 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780190226589
  • 0190226587
  • 9780199706174
  • 0199706174
  • 0190238097
  • 9780190238094
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 296.1/8 23
LOC classification:
  • BM520.6
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1201568

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.

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.

English.