Princeton Jewish Studies 2021

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Princeton Jewish Studies Subject 2021


Jewish Studies We publish innovative and exciting books in Jewish Studies across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences that drive research agendas forward and that engage and enlighten the general public in their pursuit of answers to big questions.


A compelling look at the Fatimid caliphate’s robust culture of documentation


An intimate and moving portrait of daily life in New York’s oldest institution of traditional rabbinic learning


A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world while remaining in their ultraOrthodox religious communities


The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism


The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder table


A wide-ranging look at the history of Western thinking since the seventeenth century on the purpose of the Jewish people in the past, present, and future


How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel


A groundbreaking examination of a little-known but defining episode in early modern Jewish history


An in-depth exploration of the flight of young Jewish women from their Orthodox homes


A book that challenges our most basic assumptions about Judeo-Christian monotheism


How the rabbis of late antiquity used time to define the boundaries of Jewish identity


How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declined


A major new history of the centurylong debate over what a Jewish state should be


A compelling interpretation of a foundational concept of Jewish religious life


An award-winning biblical translator reflects on the art of capturing the literary power of the Bible in English


A gripping revisionist history that shows how ordinary Italians played a central role in the genocide of Italian Jews during the Second World War


A groundbreaking history that shows how peace between Egypt and Israel ensured lasting Palestinian statelessness


A must-read book for understanding this vibrant and influential modern Jewish movement


How the rabbis of the Talmud transformed Jewish law into a way of thinking and talking about everything


Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies— an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism today


How New York’s Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing America


The first complete and annotated English translation of Maimon’s delightfully entertaining memoir


What ancient graffiti reveals about the everyday lives of Jews in the Greek and Roman world


The life and times of this iconic and enduring biblical book


The life and times of an enduring work of Jewish spirituality


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