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Frontiers of Jewish scholarship : expanding origins, transcending borders /

"The birth of modern Jewish studies can be traced to the nineteenth-century emergence of the Wissenschaft des Judentums, a movement to promote a scholarly approach to the study of Judaism and Jewish culture. Frontiers of Jewish Scholarship offers a collection of essays examining how Wissenschaf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Albert, Anne O. (Anne Oravetz) (Editor), Gerber, Noah S., 1976- (Editor), Meyer, Michael A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Series:Jewish culture and contexts.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The birth of modern Jewish studies can be traced to the nineteenth-century emergence of the Wissenschaft des Judentums, a movement to promote a scholarly approach to the study of Judaism and Jewish culture. Frontiers of Jewish Scholarship offers a collection of essays examining how Wissenschaft extended beyond its original German intellectual contexts and was transformed into a diverse, global field. From the early expansion of the new scholarly approaches into Jewish publications across Europe to their translation and reinterpretation in the twentieth century, the studies included here collectively trace a path through largely neglected subject matter, newly recognized as deserving attention"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 263 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812298253
081229825X