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Jew.The word possesses an uncanny power to provoke and unsettle. For millennia, Jew has signified the consummate Other, a persistent fly in the ointment of Western civilization's grand narratives and cultural projects. Only very recently, however, has Jew been reclaimed as a term of self-identification and pride. With these insights as a point of departure, this book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the key word Jew - a term that lies not only at the heart of Jewish experience, but indeed at the core of Western civilization. Examining scholarly debates about the origins and early meanings ... Read more
Jew.The word possesses an uncanny power to provoke and unsettle. For millennia, Jew has signified the consummate Other, a persistent fly in the ointment of Western civilization's grand narratives and cultural projects. Only very recently, however, has Jew been reclaimed as a term of self-identification and pride. With these insights as a point of departure, this book offers a wide-ranging exploration of the key word Jew - a term that lies not only at the heart of Jewish experience, but indeed at the core of Western civilization. Examining scholarly debates about the origins and early meanings ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Key Words in Jewish Studies
Condition
New
Weight
328g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813563022
SKU
V9780813563022
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About Cynthia M. Baker
Cynthia M. Baker is a professor and the chair of religious studies at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, USA. She is the author of Rebuilding the House of Israel: Architectures of Gender in Jewish Antiquity.
Reviews for Jew
Baker here undertakes the task of trying to navigate as well as interrogate the trajectory of the term `Jew' from antiquity to the present. Yet Baker's book is much more than macro-history: it is a subtle intervention that seeks to question and challenge conventional theories about ethnicity, religion, and the very making of the West. - Marginalia Review of ... Read more