When Jews Argue: Between the University and the Beit Midrash (Routledge Approaches to History)

By: Ethan B. Katz and Sergey Dolgopolski and Elisha Ancselovits

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Synopsis: This book re-thinks the relationship between the world of the traditional Jewish study hall (the Beit Midrash) and the academy: Can these two institutions overcome their vast differences? Should they attempt to do so? If not, what could two methods of study seen as diametrically opposed possibly learn from one another? How might they help each other reconceive their interrelationship, themselves, and the broader study of Jews and Judaism? This book begins with three distinct approaches to these challenges. The chapters then follow the approaches through an interdisciplinary series of pioneering case studies that reassess a range of topics including religion and pluralism in Jewish education; pain, sexual consent, and ethics in the Talmud; the place of reason and devotion among Jewish thinkers as diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Jacob Taubes, Sarah Schenirer, Ibn Chiquitilla, Yair Ḥayim Bacharach, and the Rav Shagar; and Jewish law as a response to the post-Holocaust landscape. The authors are scholars of rabbinics, history, linguistics, philosophy, law, and education, many of whom also have traditional religious training or ordination. The result is a book designed for learned scholars, non-specialists, and students of varying backgrounds, and one that is sure to spark debate in the university, the Beit Midrash, and far beyond.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781000969566
Related ISBNs:: 9781032427416, 9781032427409, 9781003364078
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/06/23
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Ethan B. Katz, Sergey Dolgopolski and Elisha Ancselovits
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Ethan B. Katz
Edited by:: Sergey Dolgopolski
Edited by:: Elisha Ancselovits