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The Politics Of Purim
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Author : Jo Carruthers
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-06
The Politics Of Purim written by Jo Carruthers and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Religion categories.
This book approaches the holiday of Purim as profane, freed to human use and ends, in order to consider the political legacy of the biblical story of Esther in festival and art works. Jo Carruthers explores carnival and synagogue practices, the purimshpiln (Purim's own dramatic genre), illuminated Esther scrolls, as well as artworks by Botticelli, Millais and Jan Steen. The complex and astute interrogation of political life in such festival and artworks is analysed through theories of sovereignty, law, precarity and hospitality by key political thinkers such as Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Rancière. Carruthers considers different motifs of boundary conservation and dissolution, as a means of contemplating the political implications of Purim and the Esther story for diaspora politics. How is sovereignty aspired to and attained by marginalized and threatened communities? How can one respond to the ethical call of hospitality to relax sovereign boundaries whilst protecting and celebrating that which is exceptional? The practice of giving gifts, mishloach manos, offers a model of hospitality that together with Purim's profane impulse is epitomized in the final chapter's discussion of a 2018 Brooklyn purimshpil, that offers a riotous ridiculing of white supremacist rhetoric, norms of domination, capitalist inequalities, modern slavery and ablest identities and assumptions.
The Dawn
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Author : Yoram Hazony
language : en
Publisher: Shalem Press
Release Date : 2000
The Dawn written by Yoram Hazony and has been published by Shalem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Bible categories.
The Dawn removes the book of Esther from the realm of fairy tale, translating the biblical narrative's political thought into teachings of the utmost relevance today. It reveals Esther's ideas of the good state, how effective leadership makes decisions for the welfare of its people, and what modern-day Jews can learn about how to stand up to their enemies and maintain Jewish faith and nationhood even as God's face remains hidden from His people.
God And Politics In Esther
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Author : Yoram Hazony
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016
God And Politics In Esther written by Yoram Hazony and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
This book explores the political crisis that erupts when the Persian government falls to fanatics and a Jewish insider goes rogue.
The Politics Of Canonicity
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Author : Michael Gluzman
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2002-12-30
The Politics Of Canonicity written by Michael Gluzman and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book explores the complex relations among the hegemonic triad of territory, nation, and national literature that have characterized the modern European nation-state. In the case of Hebrew literature, this triad was unattainable and its components fiercely contested, hence the literary field itself was responsible for shaping the nation, preceding the nation-state itself.
The Emergence Of Early Yiddish Literature
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Author : Jerold C. Frakes
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-06
The Emergence Of Early Yiddish Literature written by Jerold C. Frakes and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Whither Am I to Go?": Old Yiddish Love Song in a European Context -- 3. (Non- )Intersecting Parallel Lives: Pasquino in Rome and on the Rialto -- 4. Purim Play as Political Action in Diasporic Europe and/as Ancient Persia -- 5. Vashti and Political Revolution: Gender Politics in a Topsy-Turvy World -- 6. The Political Liminality of Mordecai in Early Ashkenaz -- 7. Feudal Bridal Quest Turned on Its Jewish Head -- 8. The Other of Another Other: Yiddish Epic's Discarded Muslim Enemy -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix: Elia Levita's Short Poems (English translation) -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
Leo Strauss And The Politics Of Exile
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Author : Eugene Sheppard
language : en
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Release Date : 2007-01-31
Leo Strauss And The Politics Of Exile written by Eugene Sheppard and has been published by Brandeis University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-31 with Philosophy categories.
A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots.
Esther Through The Centuries
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Author : Jo Carruthers
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-09-09
Esther Through The Centuries written by Jo Carruthers and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-09 with Religion categories.
This interdisciplinary commentary ranges from early midrashic interpretation to contemporary rewritings introducing interpretations of the only biblical book not to mention God. Unearths a wealth of neglected rewritings inspired by the story’s relevance to themes of nationhood, rebellion, providence, revenge, female heroism, Jewish identity, exile, genocide and ‘multiculturalism’ Reveals the various struggles and strategies used by religious commentators to make sense of this only biblical book that does not mention God Asks why Esther is underestimated by contemporary feminist scholars despite a long history of subversive rewritings Compares the most influential Jewish and Christian interpretations and interpreters Includes an introduction to the book’s myriad representations in literature, music, and art Published in the reception-history series, Blackwell Bible Commentaries
Revisioning Ritual
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Author : Simon J. Bronner
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Revisioning Ritual written by Simon J. Bronner and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Social Science categories.
A fascinating analysis of how the study of ritual is critical to illuminating what is Jewish about Jewishness.
Heresy And The Politics Of Community
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Author : Marina Rustow
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-03
Heresy And The Politics Of Community written by Marina Rustow and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with History categories.
In a book with a bold new view of medieval Jewish history, written in a style accessible to nonspecialists and students as well as to scholars in the field, Marina Rustow changes our understanding of the origins and nature of heresy itself. Scholars have long believed that the Rabbanites and Qaraites, the two major Jewish groups under Islamic rule, split decisively in the tenth century and from that time forward the minority Qaraites were deemed a heretical sect. Qaraites affirmed a right to decide matters of Jewish law free from centuries of rabbinic interpretation; the Rabbanites, in turn, claimed an unbroken chain of scholarly tradition. Rustow draws heavily on the Cairo Geniza, a repository of papers found in a Rabbanite synagogue, to show that despite the often fierce arguments between the groups, they depended on each other for political and financial support and cooperated in both public and private life. This evidence of remarkable interchange leads Rustow to the conclusion that the accusation of heresy appeared sporadically, in specific contexts, and that the history of permanent schism was the invention of polemicists on both sides. Power shifted back and forth fluidly across what later commentators, particularly those invested in the rabbinic claim to exclusive authority, deemed to have been sharply drawn boundaries. Heresy and the Politics of Community paints a portrait of a more flexible medieval Eastern Mediterranean world than has previously been imagined and demonstrates a new understanding of the historical meanings of charges of heresy against communities of faith. Historians of premodern societies will find that, in her fresh approach to medieval Jewish and Islamic culture, Rustow illuminates a major issue in the history of religions.
Confronting Antisemitism From The Perspectives Of Christianity Islam And Judaism
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Author : Armin Lange
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-10-26
Confronting Antisemitism From The Perspectives Of Christianity Islam And Judaism written by Armin Lange and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-26 with History categories.
This volume engages with antisemitic stereotypes as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred. These religious symbols are stored in Christian, Muslim and even today’s secular cultural and religious memories. This volume explores how antisemitic religious symbol systems can play a key role in the construction of group identities.