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Zusatztext " By providing interested readers with an extensive and well-sourced guide to the basics of Jewish history and historiography, Bell and the authors have made a welcome contribution to the literature." - Joshua Blachorsky, Reading Religion Informationen zum Autor Dean Phillip Bell is President/CEO and Professor of Jewish History at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. His publications include Sacred Communities: Jewish and Christian Identities in Fifteenth-Century Germany (2001) and Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany: Memory, Power and Identity (2007). Klappentext The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and Historiography provides an overview of Jewish history from the biblical to the contemporary period! while placing Jewish history into conversation with the most central historiographical methods and issues! as well as core source materials. It is perfect for anyone interested in Jewish History. Zusammenfassung The Routledge Companion to Jewish History and Historiography provides an overview of Jewish history from the biblical to the contemporary period, while placing Jewish history into conversation with the most central historiographical methods and issues, as well as core source materials. It is perfect for anyone interested in Jewish History. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Part I: Jewish Histories 1 The Biblical Period: Society, Culture, and Demographics Leonard J. Greenspoon 2 The Age of the Bible and Ancient Near East: Intellectual developments and Highlights Jacqueline Vayntrub 3 Comparative Topics and Emerging Trends in Biblical Studies Anne Knafl 4 Society, Culture, and Demography of the Jews and Judaism in Late Antiquity Gary G. Porton 5 Politics and Economics in the Rabbinic Period Gary G. Porton 6 The Rabbinic Period: Intellectual Developments and Highlights Gary G. Porton 7 The Rabbinic Period: Comparative Topics and Emerging Trends Gary G. Porton 8 The Middle Ages: Society, Culture, Demography Katja Vehlow 9 The Middle Ages: Economics and Politics Katja Vehlow 10 Medieval Intellectual Developments and Highlights Katja Vehlow 11 Middle Ages: Comparative Topics and Emerging Trends Katja Vehlow 12 Jewish Demography, Society, and Community in the Early Modern Period Dean Phillip Bell 13 Early Modern Economics and Politics Dean Phillip Bell 14 Early Modern Religious and Intellectual Developments Dean Phillip Bell 15 Early Modern Comparative Topics and Emerging Trends Dean Phillip Bell 16 Modernity: Intellectual Developments and Highlights Alan Levenson 17 Modern Jewish Society, Politics, and Culture Dean Phillip Bell 18 Emerging and Comparative Trends in Modern Jewish History: Beyond Exceptionalism Michal Rose Friedman 19 Contemporary Jewish Demography, Society, and Culture: Secularization and its Discontents Ellen LeVee 20 A New Moment in Time: The Unraveling of the Contemporary Jewish Civic Enterprise—Contexts and Comparisons Steven Windmueller 21 Contemporary Jewish Politics and Historiography: The Case of the BDS Movement Ellen Cannon Part II: Sources for Jewish History 22 Archaeology, Papyri, Inscriptions Mary E. Buck 23 Visual Arts and Jewish Historiography Jodi Kornfeld 24 Material Culture Laura Leibman 25 Rabbinic Writings Vernon H. Kurtz 26 The Sources of Jewish Philosophy Aaron W. Hughes 27 Polemics and Apologetics Katja Vehlow 28 Geniza Records Benjamin Outhwaite 29 Inquisition Records Dean Phillip Bell 30 Non-Jewish Records Dean Phillip Bell 31 Literature as a Source of Jew...
