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Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy - Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
Finkelman, Yoel, Ph.D
Strictly Kosher Reading: Popular Literature and the Condition of Contemporary Orthodoxy - Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
Finkelman, Yoel, Ph.D
In every Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] neighbourhood, bookstores overflow with titles written by and for Haredi Jews. This title offers a reading of contemporary Haredi fiction, self-help, history, and theology, explaining how this isolationist religious community constructs its complex and paradoxical relationship with contemporary culture.
250 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | August 18, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9781936235377 |
Publishers | Academic Studies Press |
Pages | 258 |
Dimensions | 241 × 162 × 20 mm · 518 g |
Language | English |
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