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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finkelman, Yoel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
Colección:Jewish identities in post modern society.
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  • Contents
  • Chapter I: ArtScroll Judaism: Haredi Popular Literature in Context
  • Chapter II “Ancient Wisdomâ€?: Haredi Popular Literature and General Culture
  • Chapter III “Not Absolute Truthâ€?: Haredi Writers Debate Their Own Acculturation
  • Chapter IV: “There Was Only One Man in the Shtetl ... â€?: Haredi Judaismâ€?s Founding Myth
  • Chapter V: “Knowledge of the Clearest and Most Objective Kindâ€?: Simple Faith and Haredi Popular Theology
  • Chapter VI: “We Have Been Influencedâ€?â€?: The Rhetoric of Haredi Internal Criticism
  • Chapter VII: Truth, Fiction, and NarrativeEndnotes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index