Place in Modern Jewish Culture and Society

Notions of place have always permeated Jewish life and consciousness. The Babylonian Talmud was pitted against the Jerusalem Talmud; the worlds of Sepharad and Ashkenaz were viewed as two pillars of the Jewish experience; the diaspora was conceived as a wholly different experience from that of Eretz Israel; and Jews from Eastern Europe and "German Jews" were often seen as mirror opposites, whereas Jews under Islam were often characterized pejoratively,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190912626
• ISBN13: 9780190912628
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"