Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Notion

Author:   Daniel Boyarin
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
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9780813571621


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   22 October 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Daniel Boyarin
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780813571621


ISBN 10:   0813571626
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   22 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Contents Preface What Are We Talking About When We Talk About “Judaism”? Part 1 The Terms of the Debate Chapter 1 Debate of the Terms Part 2 The State of the Lexicon: Questioning the Archive Chapter 2 Jewry without Judaism: The Stakes of the Question Chapter 3 Getting Medieval Yahadut Part 3: A New Dispensation: The Christian Invention of “Judaism” Chapter 4 “Judaism” out of the Entrails of Christianity Chapter 5 From Yiddishkayt to Judentum; From Judentum to Yahadut;, or Philology and the Transformation of a Folk Epilogue Bibliography

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Boyarin's provocative new book... succeeds at its primary goal: to destabilize the automatic use of 'Judaism' by scholars. -- Marginalia A wonderfully clever argument that demands we reconsider much of what we write and teach about Judaism. -- Marginalia Boyarin's book provide[s] [the reader] to think through some of these theoretical questions, and to continue our ongoing conversation about the ancient individuals, groups, and ideas that continue to resonate down to the present. -- Marginalia Brief and powerful. -- Marginalia Provocative and challenging. -- Marginalia What we thus have from Boyarin's philological genealogy is one reading of 'Judaism' that begins as a negative, is turned into a positive, and then becomes irrelevant, except for those who share it with something else....Boyarin's genealogy teaches us that Judaism can never stand alone or be alone. If Judaism is all there is, then the term 'Judaism' ceases to exist, mostly because it is no longer necessary. -- Marginalia What Boyarin does in Judaism is offer us a complex map, a detailed topography, of how the term Judaism came to be used to define Jewish 'doings, ' and for some, to define Jews....One of the greatest things a scholar of Boyarin's stature can do is make arguments that create the requisite space for future scholars to do their work. A book of this scope can never, and should never, close a conversation, but rather open one. Judaism is a term we all use reflexively but do not quite know what it actually means. Boyarin's contribution to that reflexivity is a major contribution to scholarship. -- H-Judaic A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories. --Annette Yoshiko Reed author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire A significant and radical contribution. --Michael Satlow author of How the Bible Became Holy This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with. --Dina Stein author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self How Christians Invented 'Judaism, ' According to a Top Talmud Scholar, by Tomer Persico https: //www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-christians-invented-judaism-according-to-a-top-talmud-scholar-1.7417536-- Haaretz Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Notion attests once again to Daniel Boyarin's restlessly inquisitive mind and to his persistent need to challenge commonly held assumptions in a manner meant to be provocative and contrarian. -- Marginalia


A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories. --Annette Yoshiko Reed author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire A significant and radical contribution. --Michael Satlow author of How the Bible Became Holy This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with. --Dina Stein author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self What Boyarin does in Judaism is offer us a complex map, a detailed topography, of how the term Judaism came to be used to define Jewish 'doings, ' and for some, to define Jews....One of the greatest things a scholar of Boyarin's stature can do is make arguments that create the requisite space for future scholars to do their work. A book of this scope can never, and should never, close a conversation, but rather open one. Judaism is a term we all use reflexively but do not quite know what it actually means. Boyarin's contribution to that reflexivity is a major contribution to scholarship. --H-Judaic


A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories. --Annette Yoshiko Reed author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire A significant and radical contribution. --Michael Satlow author of How the Bible Became Holy This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with. --Dina Stein author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self What Boyarin does in Judaism is offer us a complex map, a detailed topography, of how the term Judaism came to be used to define Jewish 'doings, ' and for some, to define Jews....One of the greatest things a scholar of Boyarin's stature can do is make arguments that create the requisite space for future scholars to do their work. A book of this scope can never, and should never, close a conversation, but rather open one. Judaism is a term we all use reflexively but do not quite know what it actually means. Boyarin's contribution to that reflexivity is a major contribution to scholarship. --H-Judaic Boyarin's book provide[s] [the reader] to think through some of these theoretical questions, and to continue our ongoing conversation about the ancient individuals, groups, and ideas that continue to resonate down to the present. --Marginalia Boyarin's provocative new book... succeeds at its primary goal: to destabilize the automatic use of 'Judaism' by scholars. --Marginalia Provocative and challenging. --Marginalia Brief and powerful. --Marginalia A wonderfully clever argument that demands we reconsider much of what we write and teach about Judaism. --Marginalia What we thus have from Boyarin's philological genealogy is one reading of 'Judaism' that begins as a negative, is turned into a positive, and then becomes irrelevant, except for those who share it with something else....Boyarin's genealogy teaches us that Judaism can never stand alone or be alone. If Judaism is all there is, then the term 'Judaism' ceases to exist, mostly because it is no longer necessary. --Marginalia How Christians Invented 'Judaism, ' According to a Top Talmud Scholar, by Tomer Persico https: //www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-christians-invented-judaism-according-to-a-top-talmud-scholar-1.7417536--Haaretz Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Notion attests once again to Daniel Boyarin's restlessly inquisitive mind and to his persistent need to challenge commonly held assumptions in a manner meant to be provocative and contrarian. --Marginalia


A significant and radical contribution. --Michael Satlow author of How the Bible Became Holy A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories. --Annette Yoshiko Reed author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with. --Dina Stein author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self


This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with.


A brilliant book that marks a fresh beginning for scholarly conversations about Judaism, religion, and even the historical utility of categories. --Annette Yoshiko Reed author of Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire A significant and radical contribution. --Michael Satlow author of How the Bible Became Holy This book offers a reflective, and even-meta reflective discussion of the term 'Judaism.' Boyarin, as always, offers provocative, trail blazing insights to reckon with. --Dina Stein author of Textual Mirrors: Reflexivity, Midrash, and the Rabbinic Self


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DANIEL BOYARIN is the Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Imagine no Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities.  

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