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Author Mann, Barbara E

Title Space and Place in Jewish Studies
Published Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (213 pages)
Series Key words in Jewish studies
Key words in Jewish studies.
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I; 1 Makom; 2 The Garden; 3 Jerusalem; 4 The Land; PART II; 5 Bayit; 6 Diasporas; 7 The City; PART III; 8 Eruv; 1489 Environment; Notes; Index
Summary Space and Place in Jewish Studies embraces how notions of & ldquo;Jewish space, & rdquo; diaspora, and home continue to resonate within contemporary discourse, bringing space to the foreground as a practical and analytical category. Barbara Mann takes us on a journey from medieval Levantine trade routes to the Eastern European shtetl to the streets of contemporary New York, introducing readers to the variety of ways in which Jews have historically formed communities and created a sense of place for themselves. Combining cutting-edge theory with rabbinics, anthropology, and literary analysis, Mann
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Raum, ... gnd
Subject Space -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Geographical perception.
Geographical perception in literature.
Place (Philosophy)
RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies.
Space -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Geographical perception
Geographical perception in literature
Place (Philosophy)
Judentum
Stadtplanung
Judaistik
Ort
Stadtsoziologie.
Umweltwahrnehmung.
Judentum.
Ort.
Raum.
Tel Aviv
Israel.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011012798
ISBN 9780813552125
0813552125