Study and knowledge in Jewish thought

Date

2006

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Volume Title

Publisher

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press

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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

Keywords

Academic Jewish Studies, Jewish learning and scholarship., Rabbinical literature --History and criticism., Judaism --Study and teaching.

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.