Comparing Jewish Societies.
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997. Softbound. Octavo, paper covers, xii, 369 pp., b/w photos, glossary, index. Very Good. Item #16072
ISBN: 0472065920
Articles are "Religious Syncretism and Religious Distinctiveness: A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Modern Jewish Communities," Stephen Sharot, "Jewish Millenial-Messianic Movements:A Comparison of Medieval Communites," Stephen Sharot, "Enlightenment and Emancipation: German Jewry's Formative Age in Comparative Perspective," David Sorkin, "The Modern Jewish Diaspora: East European Jews in New York, London and Paris," Nancy L. Green, "The Importance of Place: Comparative Aspects of the Ritual Murder Trial in Modern Central Europe," Hillel J. Kieval, "Andean Two-Step: The Encounter between Bolivians and Cetral European Jewish Refugees," Leo Spitzer, "Colonization and Decolonization: The Case of Zionist and African Elites," Dan V. Segre, "Railway Workers and Relational History: Arabs and Jews in British-Ruled Palestine," Zachary Lockman, "The Viability of Ethnic Democrary as a Mode of Conflict Management: Comparing Israel and Northern Ireland," Sammy Smooha, " Religion and Communal Life in an Evolutionary-Functional PerspectiveL The Orthodox Kibbutzim," Aryei Fishman.
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