Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History

Preface
—David B. Ruderman
Introduction: Anthropology, History, and the Remaking of Jewish Studies
—Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow

PART I. AUTHORITY
Chapter 1. "How Do You Know That I Am a Jew?": Authority, Cultural Identity, and the Shaping of Postwar American Judaism
—Riv-Ellen Prell
Chapter 2. Rabbis and Their (In)Famous Magic: Classical Foundations, Medieval and Early Modern Reverberations
—J. H. Chajes
Chapter 3. Dreamers in Paradise: The Rise and Fall of a New Holy Site in Beit She'an, Israel
—Yoram Bilu
Chapter 4. Words, Images, and Magic: The Protection of the Bride and Bridegroom in Jewish Marriage Contracts
—Shalom Sabar

PART II. DIASPORA
Chapter 5. The Dislocation of the Temple Vessels: Mobile Sanctity and Rabbinic Rhetorics of Space
—Ra'anan S. Boustan
Chapter 6. Sacred Space, Local History, and Diasporic Identity: The Graves of the Righteous in Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz
—Lucia Raspe
Chapter 7. Detours in a "Hidden Land": Samuel Romanelli's Masa' ba'rav
—Andrea Schatz
Chapter 8. The Rhetoric of Rescue: "Salvage Immigration" Narratives in
Israeli Culture
—Tamar Katriel

PART III. TRADITION
Chapter 9. Judaism and Tradition: Continuity, Change, and Innovation
—Albert I. Baumgarten and Marina Rustow
Chapter 10. In the Path of Our Fathers: On Tradition and Time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and Beyond
—Sylvie Anne Goldberg
Chapter 11. Prayer, Literacy, and Literary Memory in the Jewish Communities of Medieval Europe
—Ephraim Kanarfogel
Chapter 12. A Temple in Your Kitchen: Hafrashat @Hallah—The Rebirth of a Forgotten Ritual as a Public Ceremony
—Tamar El-Or
Chapter 13. Judaism and the Idea of Ancient Ritual Theory
—Michael D. Swartz
Epilogue. Toward an Integrative Approach in Jewish Studies: A View from Anthropology
—Harvey E. Goldberg

Notes
List of Contributors
Index