{"title":"Jewish studies","description":"Books on the subject of Jewish studies","products":[{"product_id":"science-in-medieval-jewish-cultures-hardback-9781107001459","title":"Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures (Hardback) 9781107001459","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eScience in Medieval Jewish Cultures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGad Freudenthal (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107001459, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.9 x 4.5 cm, 1.13 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScience in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences. Many medieval Jews, whether living in Islamic or Christian civilizations, joined Maimonides in accepting the rationalist philosophical-scientific tradition and appropriated extensive bodies of scientific knowledge in various disciplines: astronomy, astrology, mathematics, logic, physics, meteorology, biology, psychology, science of language and medicine. The appropriated texts – in the original or in Hebrew translation – were the starting points for Jews' own contributions to medieval science and also informed other literary genres: religious-philosophical works, biblical commentaries and even Halakhic (legal) discussions. This volume's essays will provide readers with background knowledge of medieval scientific thought necessary to properly understand canonical Jewish scientific texts. Its breadth reflects the number and diversity of Jewish cultures in the Middle Ages and the necessity of considering the fortunes of science in each within its specific context.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Gad Freudenthal\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Greek-Arabic Scientific Tradition, Its Appropriation, Adaptation, and Development in Medieval Jewish Cultures, East and West: 1. The assimilation of Greek-Arabic learning by medieval Jewish cultures: a brief bibliographic introduction Gad Freudenthal\u003cbr\u003e 2. Medieval Hebrew translations of philosophical and scientific texts: a chronological table Mauro Zonta\u003cbr\u003e 3. Arabic and Latin cultures as resources for the Hebrew translation movement: comparative considerations, both quantitative and qualitative Gad Freudenthal\u003cbr\u003e 4. The medieval Hebrew scientific book: production, circulation Malachi Beit-Arié\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Individual Sciences as Studied and Practised by Medieval Jews: 5. Logic: its roles in the curriculum and as the organon of science Charles H. Manekin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Astronomy among medieval Jews Bernard R. Goldstein\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interactions between Jewish and Christian astronomers in the Iberian peninsula José Chabás\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hebrew mathematics and Jewish culture in the Middle Ages Tony Lévy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mathematical and physical optics in medieval Jewish scientific thought Eyah Meiron\u003cbr\u003e 10. The evolution of the genre of philosophical-scientific commentary: Hebrew supercommentaries on Aristotle's Physics Ruth Glasner\u003cbr\u003e 11. Latin scholastic influences on late-medieval Hebrew physics: the state of the art Mauro Zonta\u003cbr\u003e 12. Meteorology and zoology in medieval Hebrew science Resianne Fontaine\u003cbr\u003e 13. The mental faculties and the psychology of sleep and dreams Hagar Kahana-Smilansky\u003cbr\u003e 14. Toward a history of astrological literature in Hebrew: a bibliographical survey Reimund Leicht\u003cbr\u003e 15. Astrology among medieval Jews Shlomo Sela\u003cbr\u003e 16. Astral magic in medieval Hebrew thought Dov Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e 17. Medicine among medieval Jews\u003cbr\u003e the science, the art, and the practice Carmen Caballero-Navas\u003cbr\u003e 18. Medieval alchemy in Hebrew: a noted absence Gad Freudenthal\u003cbr\u003e 19. The science of language in medieval Jewish thought Judith Olszowy-Schlanger\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Scientific Knowledge in Context: 20. Science in the Karaite communities Daniel Lasker\u003cbr\u003e 21. Science in the Jewish communities of the Byzantine cultural orbit: new perspectives Y. Tzvi Langermann\u003cbr\u003e 22. Science in medieval commentaries on the Bible James T. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e 23. Scientific elements in Kabbalah Hava Tirosh-Samuelson\u003cbr\u003e 24. History, language and the sciences in medieval Spain Eleazar Gutwirth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Jewish studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Jewish studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Jewish%20studies%20%5BJFSR1%5D%22\"\u003eJFSR1\u003c\/a\u003e], Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913251774744,"sku":"9781107001459","price":127.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107001459i_dd36d09c-943a-41df-a03f-bbee95c470c6.jpg?v=1691360806"},{"product_id":"the-cambridge-history-of-jewish-american-literature-hardback-9781107048201","title":"The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature (Hardback) 9781107048201","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis History presents a comprehensive history of Jewish American literature from its origins to the present day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHana Wirth-Nesher (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107048201, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e720 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 4.1 cm, 1.14 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature is indeed a landmark, a superior assortment of field-defining essays, and a testimony to scholarly activity and achievements in the rich transnational, transcultural, polylingual field of Jewish American literature.' Cheryl Lester, Philip Roth Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis History offers an unparalleled examination of all aspects of Jewish American literature. Jewish writing has played a central role in the formation of the national literature of the United States, from the Hebraic sources of the Puritan imagination to narratives of immigration and acculturation. This body of writing has also enriched global Jewish literature in its engagement with Jewish history and Jewish multilingual culture. Written by a host of leading scholars, The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature offers an array of approaches that contribute to current debates about ethnic writing, minority discourse, transnational literature, gender studies, and multilingualism. This History takes a fresh look at celebrated authors, introduces new voices, locates Jewish American literature on the map of American ethnicity as well as the spaces of exile and diaspora, and stretches the boundaries of American literature beyond the Americas and the West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Encountering the idea of America Julian Levinson\u003cbr\u003e 2. Encountering English Hana Wirth-Nesher\u003cbr\u003e 3. Encountering native origins Rachel Rubinstein\u003cbr\u003e 4. Immigration and modernity, 1900–45 Werner Sollors\u003cbr\u003e 5. Making it into the mainstream, 1945–70 Benjamin Schreier\u003cbr\u003e 6. New voices, new challenges, 1970–2000 Michael Wood\u003cbr\u003e 7. Religious selfhood, 1870–1950 Shira Wolosky\u003cbr\u003e 8. Secularity, sacredness, and Jewish American poets, 1950–2000 Maeera Y. Shreiber\u003cbr\u003e 9. Yiddish American poetry Avraham Novershtern\u003cbr\u003e 10. Yiddish theater in America Nahma Sandrow\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jewish American drama Edna Nahshon\u003cbr\u003e 12. Jews and film Jonathan Freedman\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hebrew in America Michael Weingrad\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ladino in US literature and song Monique Rodrigues Balbuena\u003cbr\u003e 15. Writing and remembering Jewish Middle Eastern pasts Dalia Kandiyoti\u003cbr\u003e 16. The ghost of the Holocaust in the construction of Jewish American literature Emily Miller Budick\u003cbr\u003e 17. Israel in the Jewish American imagination Naomi Sokoloff\u003cbr\u003e 18. Their New York: possessing the 'capital of words' Murray Baumgarten\u003cbr\u003e 19. Spaces of Yidishkayt: New York in American Yiddish prose Mikhail Krutikov\u003cbr\u003e 20. Landscapes: America and the Americas Sarah Phillips Casteel\u003cbr\u003e 21. Across the border: Canadian Jewish writing Rebecca Margolis\u003cbr\u003e 22. The role of the public intellectual in American culture Jesse Raber\u003cbr\u003e 23. The caravan returns: Jewish American literary anthologies, 1935–2010 Wendy I. Zierler\u003cbr\u003e 24. Poetics and politics of translation Anita Norich\u003cbr\u003e 25. Jews on America's racial map Adam Zachary Newton\u003cbr\u003e 26. Gender poetics in Jewish American poetry Kathryn Hellerstein\u003cbr\u003e 27. Performance: queerly Jewish\/Jewishly queer in the American theater Alisa Solomon\u003cbr\u003e 28. Jewish American comic books and graphic novels Laurence Roth\u003cbr\u003e 29. Jewish American popular culture Stephen J. Whitfield\u003cbr\u003e 30. Jewish humor in America Marc Caplan\u003cbr\u003e 31. 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