Jewish Studies on Premodern Periods

Jewish Studies on Premodern PeriodsThis volume examines new developments in the fields of premodern Jewish studies over the last thirty years. The essays in this volume, written by leading experts, are grouped into four overarching temporal areas: the First Temple, Second Temple, Rabbinic, and Medieval periods. These time periods are analyzed through four thematic methodological lenses: the social scientific (history and society), the textual (texts and literature), the material (art,

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Saltzman concentrates on the breakdown of epiphany in recent fiction

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this study attempts to discover and to analyze patterns in criminal homicide from among almost six hundred cases that occurred in the city of Philadelphia between January 1

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her study examines how gender relations interact with class relations to explain social differentiation among peasants