Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-386) and index

Part I. Judaism and Jewish society from the Bible to modernity. The formation of Judaism and Jewish society -- The Hebrew Bible / Leonard J. Greenspoon -- The world of the rabbis / Gary G. Porton -- New contexts : medieval Jews and Judaism -- Comparative medieval perspectives / Elisheva Baumgarten and Marina Rustow -- Jews and the Islamic world : transitions from rabbinic to medieval contexts / Marina Rustow -- Medieval Jews and Judaism in Christian contexts / Elisheva Baumgarten -- Changing tempos and foci : looking to modernity -- Early modern Jews and Judaism / Dean Phillip Bell -- Modernity, Judaism, and Jews / Gil Graff -- Part II. Reorienting contemporary Jewry and Jewish studies -- Mainstreams and margins : rethinking contemporary Jewry / Yehuda Kurtzer -- Women, gender, and Judaism / Judith R. Baskin -- Jewish arts and material culture / Judah M. Cohen -- Jewish demography : discipline, definitions, data, investigators, interpretations / Sergio DellaPergola -- The state of Israel studies : an emerging academic field / Michael Kotzin and Elie Rekhess -- Part III. Resources

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