Format:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 283 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781782840510
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1782840516
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9781782840497
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1782840494
Content:
A discussion on the specific cultural manifestations of the relationship between dogs and Jews, from ancient times to the present, this work covers a geographical range extending from the Middle East through Europe and to North America, while the contributorsall of whom are senior university scholars specializing in various disciplinesprovide a unique cross-cultural, trans-national, diachronic perspective. An important theme is the constant tension between domination/control and partnership that underpins the relationship of humans to animals, as well as the connection between Jewish societies and their broader host cultures. A public increasingly interested in cultural history in general and Jewish history in particular will benefit from the diverse perspectives provided herein
Note:
The Lucius N. Littauer Book Fund
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Chapter Two: From Unclean Species to Man's Best Friend: Dogs in the Biblical, Mishnah, and Talmud Periods -- Sophia Menache; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Dog Cult in Persian Period Judea -- Meir Edrey; Chapter Three: Good Dog-Bad Dog: Jews and Their Dogs in Ancient Jewish Society -- Joshua Schwartz; Chapter Four: Uncultured, Uncontrolled, and Untrustworthy-Yet Protective and Productive!: The Dog in the Mindset of the Jews of Medieval Islam -- Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman.
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Chapter Five: The Bread, the Children, and the Dogs -- Kenneth StowChapter Six: "If a Jew Has a Dog ... ": Dogs in Yiddish Proverbs -- Robert A. Rothstein; Chapter Seven: A Dog without a People for People without a Dog: Rudolphina Menzel and Canines in Canaan -- Susan M. Kahn; Chapter Eight: Only Yesterday: A Hebrew Dog and the Colonial Dynamics in Pre-Mandate Palestine -- Uri S. Cohen; Chapter Nine: An Israeli Heroine?: .Azit the Canine Paratrooper -- Rakefet J. Zalashik; Chapter Ten: Adam Resurrected: A "Dog's" Journey from the Circus to Asylum -- Iftah Biran.
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Chapter Eleven: Taking the Circumcised Dog by the Throat: A Critical Review of Contemporary Rituals for Dogs in America -- Aubrey L. GlazerChapter Twelve: Teaching the Jews and the Dog: A Pedagogical Essay -- Katharine Baker and Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman; The Contributors; Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845194017
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845194012
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845194024
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845194020
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Jew's best friend? Brighton : Sussex Academic Press, ©2013
Language:
English
Author information:
Zalashik, Rakefet 1973-
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