Sacred and the Impure in Judaism - Law, Food, and Identity

The Sacred and the Impure in Judaism examines the radicalization of certain Orthodox Jewish groups through the lens of kashrut, or Jewish dietary laws.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Orthodox Judaism.


• Chapter 2: From the Jewish tradition to anthropological tradition: Kashrut in our times


• Chapter 3: Tradition, experts and certifying agencies: Progress and setbacks in kashrut today


• Chapter 4: Ritual density or obsession? Pointillism in kashrut


• Chapter 5: Insects, mammals and birds: Kashrut's tortuous path


• Chapter 6: Some answers, some findings and some questions: Kashrut as stage for and mirror of tensions in Jewish Orthodoxy


• Glossary


• Bibliography

About the author

Marta F. Topel is an anthropologist and the head of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of São Paulo (USP). She has been a Visiting Researcher in the Liwerant Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Institute of Mediterranean, European and Comparative Ethnology (IDEMEC).

Miriam Adelman holds advanced degrees in Sociology (MPhil, New York University, 1991) and Human Sciences (PhD, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2004). She was a professor and researcher in Sociology at the Federal University of Paraná for 27 years. She currently works as a freelance translator of academic texts (Spanish, Portuguese, and French to English) and has published poetry of her own, as well as translations of contemporary Brazilian and North American poets.

Summary

The Sacred and the Impure in Judaism examines the radicalization of certain Orthodox Jewish groups through the lens of kashrut, or Jewish dietary laws.

Product details

• Authors: Marta F. Topel, Marta F. (Anthropologist and the Head of th Topel, Marta F. (Anthropologist and the head of the Center for Jewish Studies Topel, Topel Marta F.
• Assisted by: Miriam Adelman (Translation), Miriam (Independent Translator Adelman (Translation), Adelman Miriam (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2024
• EAN: 9780197677667
• ISBN: 978-0-19-767766-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Social and cultural anthropology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities