Experiencing the Hebrew Bible - Spotlights on History and Tradition

Leading scholars from diverse fields explore the importance of the Hebrew Bible forJewish history, culture, and identity.The Hebrew Bible has been and continues to be at the heart of Judaism. As this volume explores its significance throughout the ages, it focuses both on the textual history and on its lived experience. The articles deal with aspects of textual criticism, translation, the history of reception, and modern references to the Hebrew Bible. They span a historical period from antiquity to the present day. Leading scholars from various disciplines use diverse approaches to highlight the Hebrew Bible's multifacetedness and its continuous importance for Jews around the world.

About the author

Alina L. Schittenhelm is a PhD candidate at the University of Potsdam and an ELES research fellow. Her PhD project focuses on topographies and gender in modern Mizrahi literature.
Amy Fedeski is the Alfred and Isabel Bader Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish History at Queen's University. She completed her PhD at the University of Virginia's Corcoran Department of History.
Kerstin Mayerhofer holds an PhD in Jewish Studies and is a postdoctoral assistant at the University of Vienna's Department of Jewish Studies. Kerstin is series co-editor of Baron Lectures: Studies on Jewish Experience.

Product details

• Assisted by: Amy Fedeski (Editor), Mayerhofer (Editor), Kerstin Mayerhofer (Editor), Alina L. Schittenhelm (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill Schöningh
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2025
• EAN: 9783506796943
• ISBN: 978-3-506-79694-3
• No. of pages: 279
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 25 mm x 245 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Illustrations: 2 Tabellen, 4 SW-Abb.
• Series: Baron Lectures. Studies on the Jewish Experience; Baron Lectures. Studies on the Jewish Experience 2
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism