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Cultures of the Jews, Volume 1 - Mediterranean Origins (Paperback)
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Scattered over much of the world throughout most of their history,
are the Jews one people or many? How do they resemble and how do
they differ from Jews in other places and times? What have their
relationships been to the cultures of their neighbors? To address
these and similar questions, some of the finest scholars of our day
have contributed their insights to "Cultures of the Jews, a winner
of the National Jewish Book Award upon its hardcover publication in
2002.
Constructing their essays around specific cultural artifacts that
were created in the period and locale under study, the contributors
describe the cultural interactions among different Jews-from rabbis
and scholars to non-elite groups, including women-as well as
between Jews and the surrounding non-Jewish world. What they
conclude is that although Jews have always had their own autonomous
traditions, Jewish identity cannot be considered the fixed product
of either ancient ethnic or religious origins. Rather, it has
shifted and assumed new forms in response to the cultural
environment in which the Jews have lived.
"Mediterranean Origins, the first volume in "Cultures of the Jews,
describes the concept of the "People" or "Nation" of Israel that
emerges in the Hebrew Bible and the culture of the Israelites in
relation to that of neighboring Canaanite groups. It also discusses
Jewish cultures in Babylonia, in Palestine during the Greco-Roman
and Byzantine periods, and in Arabia during the formative years of
Islam.
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