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Jew's Best Friend?
Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman (Ed.)
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Description for Jew's Best Friend?
Paperback. The dog has captured the Jewish imagination from antiquity to the contemporary period, with the image of the dog often used to characterize and demean Jewish populations in medieval Christendom. This book discusses the cultural manifestations of the relationship between dogs and Jews, from ancient times onwards. Editor(s): Zalashik, Rakefet; Ackerman Lieberman, Phillip. Num Pages: 304 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
The dog has captured the Jewish imagination from antiquity to the contemporary period, with the image of the dog often used to characterise and demean Jewish populations in medieval Christendom. In the interwar period, dogs were still considered goyishe nakhes ("a gentile pleasure") and virtually unheard of in the Jewish homes of the shtetl. Yet Azit the Paratrooping Dog of modern Israeli cinema, one of many examples of dogs as heroes of the Zionist narrative, demonstrates that the dog has captured the contemporary Jewish imagination. The book discusses specific cultural manifestations of the relationship between dogs and Jews, from ancient ... Read more
The dog has captured the Jewish imagination from antiquity to the contemporary period, with the image of the dog often used to characterise and demean Jewish populations in medieval Christendom. In the interwar period, dogs were still considered goyishe nakhes ("a gentile pleasure") and virtually unheard of in the Jewish homes of the shtetl. Yet Azit the Paratrooping Dog of modern Israeli cinema, one of many examples of dogs as heroes of the Zionist narrative, demonstrates that the dog has captured the contemporary Jewish imagination. The book discusses specific cultural manifestations of the relationship between dogs and Jews, from ancient ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
563 g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845194024
SKU
V9781845194024
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About Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman (Ed.)
Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman is Assistant Professor in the Program in Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. An expert in Jewish and Islamic Law, his most recent work has been as section editor for the Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Rakefet Zalashik is Visiting Fellow in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia, as well as Wurttemberg Guest ... Read more
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