Defining Jewish Difference : From Antiquity to the Present
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
110766361X
ISBN-13
9781107663619
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2014
Print length
290 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.70 cms
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Berkowitz shows that ancient, medieval and modern interpretation of the biblical verse of Leviticus 18:3, provides an essential backdrop for today's conversations about Jewish assimilation and minority identity more generally. The book makes an innovative contribution to the study of Jewish culture, history of ethnicity and religion and Bible interpretation.
This book traces the interpretive career of Leviticus 18:3, a verse that forbids Israel from imitating its neighbors. Beth A. Berkowitz shows that ancient, medieval and modern exegesis of this verse provides an essential backdrop for today's conversations about Jewish assimilation and minority identity more generally. The story of Jewishness that this book tells may surprise many modern readers for whom religious identity revolves around ritual and worship. In Leviticus 18:3's story of Jewishness, sexual practice and cultural habits instead loom large. The readings in this book are on a micro-level, but their implications are far-ranging: Berkowitz transforms both our notion of Bible-reading and our sense of how Jews have defined Jewishness.
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