The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition

by Roberta Rosenthal Kwall

Book Overview

A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law produces Jewish culture. A cultural analysis paradigm provides a useful way of understanding the Jewish tradition as the product of both legal precepts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195373707
• ISBN13: 9780195373707
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"