Jewish Studies: A Theoretical Introduction

Contents

vii Contents Foreword, by the Series Editors — ix Acknowledgments — xi Introduction: To What May This Be Likened? — 1 Studying Jews — 1 Terms of Debate and State of the Question — 5 In a New Key — 7 1 Terms of Debate — 11 Opening Moves — 11 Jewish Science — 20 Others Studying, Other Jews — 40 2 State of the Question — 50 Jewish Studies after Auschwitz — 50 The Boundaries of Ethnic Identity — 57 Building Memories — 67 Understanding Again — 84 3 In a New Key — 93 Cast of Characters — 93 Points of Departure — 96 Notes — 125 Index — 147 ...