Strictly kosher reading : popular literature and the condition of contemporary Orthodoxy /
For centuries, fervently observant Jewish communities have produced thousands of works of Jewish law, thought, and spirituality. But in recent decades, the literature of America's Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] community has taken on brand-new forms: selfhelp books, cookbooks, monthly magazines, paren...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Academic Studies Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Jewish identities in post modern society.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Chapter I: ArtScroll Judaism: Haredi Popular Literature in Context
- Chapter II “Ancient Wisdom�: Haredi Popular Literature and General Culture
- Chapter III “Not Absolute Truth�: Haredi Writers Debate Their Own Acculturation
- Chapter IV: “There Was Only One Man in the Shtetl ... �: Haredi Judaism�s Founding Myth
- Chapter V: “Knowledge of the Clearest and Most Objective Kind�: Simple Faith and Haredi Popular Theology
- Chapter VI: “We Have Been Influenced��: The Rhetoric of Haredi Internal Criticism
- Chapter VII: Truth, Fiction, and NarrativeEndnotes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index