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A comprehensive and authoritative collection on Judaism in the 21st
Century written by leading figures in the field. Deep and thorough
coverage of Judaism in a multitude of global and contemporary
contexts. Essential for any student of religious studies or Jewish
studies, the Handbook will also be very useful for those in related
fields, such as sociology, anthropology, and history, as well as
Jewish professions and lay leaders.
Plague in the Early Modern World presents a broad range of primary
source materials from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, China,
India, and North America that explore the nature and impact of
plague and disease in the early modern world. During the early
modern period frequent and recurring outbreaks of plague and other
epidemics around the world helped to define local identities and
they simultaneously forged and subverted social structures,
recalibrated demographic patterns, dictated political agendas, and
drew upon and tested religious and scientific worldviews. By
gathering texts from diverse and often obscure publications and
from areas of the globe not commonly studied, Plague in the Early
Modern World provides new information and a unique platform for
exploring early modern world history from local and global
perspectives and examining how early modern people understood and
responded to plague at times of distress and normalcy. Including
source materials such as memoirs and autobiographies, letters,
histories, and literature, as well as demographic statistics,
legislation, medical treatises and popular remedies, religious
writings, material culture, and the visual arts, the volume will be
of great use to students and general readers interested in early
modern history and the history of disease.
The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and Historiography
provides an overview of Jewish history from the biblical to the
contemporary period, while simultaneously placing Jewish history
into conversation with the most central historiographical methods
and issues and some of the core source materials used by scholars
within the field. The field of Jewish history is profitably
interdisciplinary. Drawing from the historical methods and themes
employed in the study of various periods and geographical regions
as well as from academic fields outside of history, it utilizes a
broad range of source materials produced by Jews and non-Jews. It
grapples with many issues that were core to Jewish life, culture,
community, and identity in the past, while reflecting and
addressing contemporary concerns and perspectives. Divided into
four parts, this volume examines how Jewish history has engaged
with and developed more general historiographical methods and
considerations. Part I provides a general overview of Jewish
history, while Parts II and III respectively address the rich
sources and methodologies used to study Jewish history. Concluding
in Part IV with a timeline, glossary, and index to help frame and
connect the history, sources, and methodologies presented
throughout, The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and
Historiography is the perfect volume for anyone interested in
Jewish history.
Although Jews in early modern Germany produced little in the way of
formal historiography, Jews nevertheless engaged the past for many
reasons and in various and surprising ways. They narrated the past
in order to enforce order, empower authority, and record the
traditions of their communities. In this way, Jews created
community structure and projected that structure into the future.
But Jews also used the past as a means to contest the
marginalization threatened by broader developments in the Christian
society in which they lived. As the Reformation threw into relief
serious questions about authority and tradition and as Jews
continued to suffer from anti-Jewish mentality and politics,
narration of the past allowed Jews to re-inscribe themselves in
history and contemporary society. Drawing on a wide range of
sources, including chronicles, liturgical works, books of customs,
memorybooks, biblical commentaries, rabbinic responsa and community
ledgers, this study offers a timely reassessment of Jewish
community and identity during a frequently turbulent era. It
engages, but then redirects, important discussions by historians
regarding the nature of time and the construction and role of
history and memory in pre-modern Europe and pre-modern Jewish
civilization. This book will be of significant value, not only to
scholars of Jewish history, but anyone with an interest in the
social and cultural aspects of religious history.
The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and Historiography
provides an overview of Jewish history from the biblical to the
contemporary period, while simultaneously placing Jewish history
into conversation with the most central historiographical methods
and issues and some of the core source materials used by scholars
within the field. The field of Jewish history is profitably
interdisciplinary. Drawing from the historical methods and themes
employed in the study of various periods and geographical regions
as well as from academic fields outside of history, it utilizes a
broad range of source materials produced by Jews and non-Jews. It
grapples with many issues that were core to Jewish life, culture,
community, and identity in the past, while reflecting and
addressing contemporary concerns and perspectives. Divided into
four parts, this volume examines how Jewish history has engaged
with and developed more general historiographical methods and
considerations. Part I provides a general overview of Jewish
history, while Parts II and III respectively address the rich
sources and methodologies used to study Jewish history. Concluding
in Part IV with a timeline, glossary, and index to help frame and
connect the history, sources, and methodologies presented
throughout, The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and
Historiography is the perfect volume for anyone interested in
Jewish history.
Plague in the Early Modern World presents a broad range of primary
source materials from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, China,
India, and North America that explore the nature and impact of
plague and disease in the early modern world. During the early
modern period frequent and recurring outbreaks of plague and other
epidemics around the world helped to define local identities and
they simultaneously forged and subverted social structures,
recalibrated demographic patterns, dictated political agendas, and
drew upon and tested religious and scientific worldviews. By
gathering texts from diverse and often obscure publications and
from areas of the globe not commonly studied, Plague in the Early
Modern World provides new information and a unique platform for
exploring early modern world history from local and global
perspectives and examining how early modern people understood and
responded to plague at times of distress and normalcy. Including
source materials such as memoirs and autobiographies, letters,
histories, and literature, as well as demographic statistics,
legislation, medical treatises and popular remedies, religious
writings, material culture, and the visual arts, the volume will be
of great use to students and general readers interested in early
modern history and the history of disease.
This book introduces the theory of interreligious resilience as a
means to developing deeper and more effective interreligious
engagement and resilience. Michael S. Hogue and Dean Phillip Bell
advocate for interreligious resilience as the ability to grow
through encounters with religious difference. They argue that
rather than the capacity to endure change and return to a normal
status quo, a deeper, more complex resilience is characterized by
an ability to learn through disturbances, disruptions, and
uncertainty. This book integrates theory and practice by situating
the practical tasks of interreligious engagement in theological and
social contexts. It is systemic and multidimensional, rather than
staying focused on isolated interreligious issues or interpersonal
interreligious encounters. This book is essential reading for all
religious leaders and other community leaders working with
religious people in an interreligious world.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies is a comprehensive
reference guide, providing an overview of Jewish Studies as it has
developed as an academic sub-discipline. This volume surveys the
development and current state of research in the broad field of
Jewish Studies - focusing on central themes, methodologies, and
varieties of source materials available. It includes 11 core essays
from internationally-renowned scholars and teachers that provide an
important and useful overview of Jewish history and the development
of Judaism, while exploring central issues in Jewish Studies that
cut across historical periods and offer important opportunities to
track significant themes throughout the diversity of Jewish
experiences. In addition to a bibliography to help orient students
and researchers, the volume includes a series of indispensable
research tools, including a chronology, maps, and a glossary of key
terms and concepts. This is the essential reference guide for
anyone working in or exploring the rich and dynamic field of Jewish
Studies.
The study of early modern history has exploded in the last several
decades. Many new historical sources have been identified and
examined and a host of exciting studies, employing a wide range of
innovative methodologies, have been produced. Scholars of Jewish
history have begun to ask to what extent the early modern period
had a Jewish dimension; they have also begun to reconsider the
nature of traditional periodization of Jewish history. Jews in the
Early Modern World attempts to synthesize some of this exciting new
research and present it in a broader comparative and global
perspective. Jews in the Early Modern World argues that the years
between 1400 and 1700 represented a discrete, cohesive and
important period in Jewish history. Given the significant
demographic shifts that began just before and ended just after this
period, remarkable changes occurred in the history and experiences
of Jews around the world. This volume begins with a broad context
of Jewish experiences under medieval Christianity and Islam. It
then turns to the early modern period, first providing an overview
of Jewish demography and settlement. Next, the nature and structure
of Jewish community and social structures in the early modern
period are explored. In the final two chapters, this book presents
a broad overview of Jewish religious and cultural life and Jewish
relations with non-Jews throughout the early modern period. Jews in
the Early Modern World will serve as a useful resource for a wide
range of courses in medieval and early modern history, Jewish
history and world history. It includes a bibliography of
English-language works cited, a wealth of suggestions for further
reading, a glossary of terms, a timeline of key events, and
numerous maps and images.
This book introduces the theory of interreligious resilience as a
means to developing deeper and more effective interreligious
engagement and resilience. Michael S. Hogue and Dean Phillip Bell
advocate for interreligious resilience as the ability to grow
through encounters with religious difference. They argue that
rather than the capacity to endure change and return to a normal
status quo, a deeper, more complex resilience is characterized by
an ability to learn through disturbances, disruptions, and
uncertainty. This book integrates theory and practice by situating
the practical tasks of interreligious engagement in theological and
social contexts. It is systemic and multidimensional, rather than
staying focused on isolated interreligious issues or interpersonal
interreligious encounters. This book is essential reading for all
religious leaders and other community leaders working with
religious people in an interreligious world.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies is a comprehensive
survey of of the field - past, present and future. Providing an
overview of the key theoretical and methodological issues, as well
as practical guidance on researching, it is the ideal guide for
advanced students in Jewish Studies. Topics covered include: - The
Hebrew Bible - Medieval Jews and Judaism - Judaism and Modernity -
Gender and Judaism - Judaism and Material Culture Survey essays
from internationally-renowned scholars and teachers including
Sergio DellaPergola, Elie Rekhess, and Leonard J. Greenspoon.
Providing overviews of Jewish history and the development of
Judaism, The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies also guides
students through central issues that cut across historical periods.
Practical tools include a period-specific bibliography, a
chronology, maps, and a glossary of key terms and concepts. This is
the essential guide for all students exploring the rich and dynamic
field of Jewish Studies.
Written by top scholars in an accessible manner, this unique
encyclopedia offers worldwide coverage of the origins, forms,
practitioners, and effects of antisemitism, leading to the
Holocaust and surviving to the present day. The word "antisemite"
was first used to describe a politically motivated enemy of the
Jews in 1879. The subject of antisemitism has often been focused on
the Holocaust; however, current events and history have much to add
to this discussion. For example, in 1995 a Japanese pseudo-Buddhist
religious cult, imagining itself to be under attack by Jews,
released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway, killing 12. From 1881 to
1900 there were 128 public accusations of Jewish "ritual murder"
allegedly involving the killing of Christian children to use their
blood for religious purposes. Entries in this encyclopedia span the
period from ancient Egypt to the modern era. Key theoreticians of
Jew-hatred and their written works, its permeation of Christianity
and modern Islam, and its political, artistic, and economic
manifestations are covered. This is the first comprehensive work
that deals with the entire history of ideas and practices that
engendered the Holocaust.
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