Routledge Jewish Studies Series
About the Book Series
Studies, which are interpreted to cover the disciplines of history, sociology, anthropology, culture, politics, philosophy, theology, religion, as they relate to Jewish affairs. The remit includes texts which have as their primary focus issues, ideas, personalities and events of relevance to Jews, Jewish life and the concepts which have characterised Jewish culture both in the past and today. The series is interested in receiving appropriate scripts or proposals.
The Holocaust and Representations of Jews: History and Identity in the Museum
1st Edition
By K. Hannah Holtschneider
March 19, 2014
The Holocaust and Representations of Jews examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Insights from the New Museology are brought to ...
Voltaire's Jews and Modern Jewish Identity: Rethinking the Enlightenment
1st Edition
By Harvey Mitchell
March 19, 2014
Harvey Mitchell’s book argues that a reassessment of Voltaire’s treatment of traditional Judaism will sharpen discussion of the origins of, and responses to, the Enlightenment. His study shows how Voltaire’s nearly total antipathy to Judaism is best understood by stressing his self-regard as ...
The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors
1st Edition
By Reeve Robert Brenner
January 30, 2014
The Faith and Doubt of Holocaust Survivors reveals the victims' frank and thought-provoking answers to searching questions about their experiences: Was the Holocaust God's will? Was there any meaning or purpose in the Holocaust? Was Israel worth the price six million had to pay? Did the experience ...
Jews and Judaism in Modern China
1st Edition
By M. Avrum Ehrlich
August 06, 2013
Jews and Judaism in Modern China explores and compares the dynamics at work in two of the oldest, intact and starkly contrasting civilizations on earth; Jewish and Chinese. The book studies how they interact in modernity and how each civilization views the other, and analyses areas of cooperation ...
Political Theologies in the Holy Land: Israeli Messianism and its Critics
1st Edition
By David Ohana
March 07, 2013
This book examines the role of messianism in Zionist ideology, from the birth of the Zionist movement through to the present. Is shows how messianism is not just a religious or philosophical term but a very tangible political practice and theology which has shaped Israeli identity. The author ...
Jewish Blood: Reality and metaphor in history, religion and culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Mitchell Hart
February 27, 2013
This book deals with the Jewish engagement with blood: animal and human, real and metaphorical. Concentrating on the meaning or significance of blood in Judaism, the book moves this highly controversial subject away from its traditional focus, exploring how Jews themselves engage with blood and its...
The Hidden Philosophy of Hannah Arendt
1st Edition
By Margaret Betz Hull
December 20, 2011
The central argument of this book is that Hannah Arendt's deserved place in the history of Western philosophy has been overlooked, and recognition of her contribution is long overdue. In part a result of Arendt's own insistence on calling herself a 'political thinker' throughout her career, this is...
Facing the Other: The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas
1st Edition
By Sean Hand
April 14, 2011
Study of one of the key philosophers in the post-Heideggerian field and an increasingly central presence in contemporary debates about identity and responsibility....
From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews: The External Influences for Change, c. 1860-1960
1st Edition
By Daniel Summerfield
April 14, 2011
In the light of the Israeli government's plan to halt Ethiopian immigration, this book provides original research into the transformation of the Falashas to Ethiopian Jews during the twentieth century which made them eligible for immigration into Israel, adding a new dimension to the question ...
Referring to God: Jewish and Christian Perspectives
1st Edition
By Paul Helm
April 14, 2011
There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God. This book presents accounts of the problem within Jewish and Christian philosophy....
Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture: Jewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc
1st Edition
By Gregg Stern
December 06, 2010
Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. This lucid description of the Languedocian Jewish community's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - ...
From Synagogue to Church: The Traditional Design: Its Beginning, its Definition, its End
1st Edition
By Nicholas John Wilkinson
November 12, 2010
The designs of synagogues and churches are acknowledged to be very alike. But the designers' procedure was confidential, and so far standard explanations have been unsatisfactory. A synagogue should express heavenly values with earthly materials. This combination was in fact expressed in numbers, ...