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  • Eating at God's Table

    How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities

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    Series series Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
    The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.How do contemporary American Orthodox Jews use food to create boundaries, distinguishing and dividing groups from each other and from non-Orthodox communities? How does food symbolize beliefs, sustain and grow communities, and represent commitment to God? Eating at God's Table explores answers and ... Leer más

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  • Science and Specters at Salem

    de Matt Goldish ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Witchcraft, Demonology and Magic
    Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial types of evidence.The role of judges in a witch trial was central. Goldish argues that in Salem the judges' acceptance of questionable touch tests and ... Leer más

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  • Rethinking the Messianic Idea in Judaism

    Over the centuries, the messianic tradition has provided the language through which modern Jewish philosophers, socialists, and Zionists envisioned a utopian future. Michael L. Morgan, Steven Weitzman, and an international group of leading scholars ask new questions and provide new ways of thinking about this enduring Jewish idea. Using the writings of Gershom Scholem, which ranged over the ... Leer más

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