Double Takes: Thinking and Rethinking Issues of Modern Judaism in Ancient Contexts (Studies in the Shoah Series) - Softcover

Garber Emeritus Professor And Chair Of Jewish Studies Los Angeles Valley College, Zev; Zuckerman, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076182894X ISBN 13: 9780761828945

Publisher: University Press of America, 2004

Synopsis

This book comprises a series of ten essays written by the authors both individually and collaboratively. While the subjects of these essays are wide ranging, they share a common recognition that issues at the forefront of contemporary Jewish thought must be measured against the background of ancient traditions, which revisit rabbinic and biblical times and beyond. The intent of these essays is to illustrate how shadows of longstanding traditions continue to shade current perceptions. Double Takes challenges the reader's assumptions about modern Jewish thought by demonstrating how the past can be an unpredictable lens for the present-day. An examination of contemporary themes in a historical perspective reveals unanticipated, even disconcerting, refractions. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 26.

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About the Author

Zev Garber is Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Los Angeles Valley College. Additionally, he is Editor-in-Chief of Studies in the Shoah series (University Press of America) and co-editor of Shofar, a quarterly interdisciplinary journal of Jewish Studies. Bruce Zuckerman is Associate Professor in the School of Religion, Director of the Archaeological Research Collection, and Director of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of Southern California. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from Yale University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076182894X
• ISBN 13: 9780761828945
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238