Jews and the Mediterranean
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Produktdetails
- Verlag
- Indiana University Press
- Erschienen
- 2020
- Sprache
- English
- Seiten
- 237
- Infos
- 237 Seiten
- ISBN
- 978-0-253-04800-4
Hauptbeschreibung
A selection of essays examining the significance of what Jewish history and Mediterranean studies contribute to our knowledge of the other.Jews and the Mediterranean considers the historical potency and uniqueness of what happens when Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Ashkenazi Jews meet in the Mediterranean region. By focusing on the specificity of the Jewish experience, the essays gathered in this volume emphasize human agency and culture over the length of Mediterranean history. This collection draws attention to what made Jewish people distinctive and warns against facile notions of Mediterranean connectivity, diversity, fluidity, and hybridity, presenting a new assessment of the Jewish experience in the Mediterranean.
Kurztext / Annotation
A selection of essays examining the significance of what Jewish history and Mediterranean studies contribute to our knowledge of the other.Jews and the Mediterranean considers the historical potency and uniqueness of what happens when Sephardi, Mizrahi, and Ashkenazi Jews meet in the Mediterranean region. By focusing on the specificity of the Jewish experience, the essays gathered in this volume emphasize human agency and culture over the length of Mediterranean history. This collection draws attention to what made Jewish people distinctive and warns against facile notions of Mediterranean connectivity, diversity, fluidity, and hybridity, presenting a new assessment of the Jewish experience in the Mediterranean.