The Jewish Family: Metaphor and Memory

Author:   David Kraemer (Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Jewish Theological Seminary)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195054675


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 March 1989
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Kraemer (Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Jewish Theological Seminary)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9780195054675


ISBN 10:   0195054679
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 March 1989
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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A valuable contribution toward piecing together a coherent picture of what the family has meant in Jewish life and in the Jewish imagination. --Journal of Religion [This is] a collection of essays by 13 scholars considering the norms of the Jewish family at particular times and places, finding it more complex and adaptable than much nostalgic or scornful literature would indicate. --The Jewish Journal A rich compendium on a wide variety of topics, including a section on the little studied subject of childhood and adolescence. --Jewish Spectator A useful introduction to the subject. No academic library should be without it. --Religious Studies Review This is a scholarly collection of papers which provides new insights and which should stimulate further research on the many aspects of the history and of the structure of the Jewish family. --Jewish Journal of Sociology A valuable contribution toward piecing together a coherent picture of what the family has meant in Jewish life and in the Jewish imagination. --Journal of Religion [This is] a collection of essays by 13 scholars considering the norms of the Jewish family at particular times and places, finding it more complex and adaptable than much nostalgic or scornful literature would indicate. --The Jewish Journal A rich compendium on a wide variety of topics, including a section on the little studied subject of childhood and adolescence. --Jewish Spectator A useful introduction to the subject. No academic library should be without it. --Religious Studies Review This is a scholarly collection of papers which provides new insights and which should stimulate further research on the many aspects of the history and of the structure of the Jewish family. --Jewish Journal of Sociology


A valuable contribution toward piecing together a coherent picture of what the family has meant in Jewish life and in the Jewish imagination. * Journal of Religion *


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