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Informationen zum Autor DANIEL BOYARIN is the Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Imagine no Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities . Klappentext Judaism makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of ‘Judaism’ is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual odyssey of world-renowned Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin, this book will change the study of Judaism—an essential key word in Jewish Studies—as we understand it today. Zusammenfassung Makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of “Judaism” is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual journey of world-renowned Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin, this book will change the study of ""Judaism"" - an essential key word in Jewish Studies - as we understand it today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface What Are We Talking About When We Talk About "Judaism"? Part 1 The Terms of the Debate Chapter 1 Debate of the Terms Part 2 The State of the Lexicon: Questioning the Archive Chapter 2 Jewry without Judaism: The Stakes of the Question Chapter 3 Getting Medieval Yahadut Part 3: A New Dispensation: The Christian Invention of "Judaism" Chapter 4 "Judaism" out of the Entrails of Christianity Chapter 5 From Yiddishkayt to Judentum ; From Judentum to Yahadut ;, or Philology and the Transformation of a Folk Epilogue Bibliography
