The Oxford handbook of Jewish studies

Contents: 1. The Nature of Jewish Studies; 2.1a Biblical Studies and Jewish Studies; 2.2a Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period; 2.2b Jewish Literature in the Second Temple Period; 2.3a Jews and Judaism in the Talmudic Period; 2.3b Classical Rabbinic Literature; 3.1 Medieval Jewry in Christendom; 3.2 Medieval Jewry in the World of Islam; 3.3 Rabbinic Scholarship in the Middle Ages; 3.4 Medieval Judaism; 3.5 Medieval Jewish Literature; 3.6 Medieval Karaism; 4.1 Oriental and Sephardic Jewry since 1492; 4.2 European Jewry in the Early Modern Period, 1492 to 1750; 4.3 Western and Central European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1933; 4.4 Eastern European Jewry in the Modern Period, 1750-1939; 4.5 The Holocaust and its Aftermath; 4.6 Settlement and State in the Land of Israel; 4.7 Jews and Judaism in America; 5.1a Hebrew Language; 5.1b Modern Hebrew Literature; 5.2 Yiddish Studies; 5.3 Ladino Studies; 5.4 Judaeo-Arabic and judaeo-Persian Studies; 5.5 Other Diaspora Jewish Literatures since 1492; 6.1 Halakha and Law; 6.2 Bible Interpretation; 6.3 Mysticism and Magic; 6.4 Liturgy; 6.5 Jewish Philosophy and Theology; 7. Jewish Women´s Studies; 8. Demography; 9. Art, Architecture, and Archaeology; 10. Music; 11. Theatre; 12. Film; 13. Antisemitism; 14. Folklore and Ethnography; 15. Modern Jewish Society and Sociology.