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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9249| Title: | Study and knowledge in Jewish thought |
| Authors: | Berger, David Kreisel, Howard |
| Keywords: | Academic Jewish Studies Jewish learning and scholarship. Rabbinical literature --History and criticism. Judaism --Study and teaching. |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press |
| Citation: | Berger, B. (2006). Identity, ideology, and faith: Some personal reflections on the social, cultural and spiritual value of the academic study of Judaism. In H. Kreisel, (Ed.), Study and knowledge in Jewish thought (pp. 11-29). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. |
| Abstract: | Academic Jewish Studies are a pivotal anchor of Jewish identity. It hardly needs to be said that most identifying Jews are not practitioners of Jewish studies, while many, if not most, are not active consumers either. But even in a democratic age, the sort of identity that we mean when we speak of Jewishness is molded in large measure by the minority who seriously engage the traditions and texts of an ancient and challenging culture. |
| Description: | Scholarly book chapter |
| URI: | https://www.academia.edu/44323063/David_Berger_Identity_Ideology_and_Faith_Some_Personal_Reflections_on_the_Social_Cultural_and_Spiritual_Value_of_the_Academic_Study_of_Judaism_in_Howard_Kreisel_ed_Study_and_Knowledge_in_Jewish_Thought_Beer_Sheva_Ben_Gurion_University_of_the_Negev_2006_11_29?sm=b https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9249 |
| ISBN: | 9653429094 |
| Appears in Collections: | Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Faculty publications |
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