The Other in Jewish Thought and History: Constructions of Jewish Culture and IdentityLaurence J. Silberstein, Robert L. Cohn Cultural boundaries and group identity are often forged in relation to the Other. In every society, conceptions of otherness, which often reflect a group's fears and vulnerabilities, result in deep-rooted traditions of inclusion and exclusion that permeate the culture's literature, religion, and politics. |
Contents
The Biblical View | 35 |
Biblical Rhetoric | 61 |
The Canaanites as Other | 74 |
On Reading Gender and Otherness | 91 |
An Aspect of Polemic among | 121 |
NonJews at | 145 |
Woman The Feminine as Other in Theosophic | 166 |
The Reproduction | 205 |
A Case Study of Meir Kahane | 281 |
The Woman as Other in Israeli Cinema | 305 |
JewishAmerican Reparations | 353 |
Are Jews White? Or the History | 364 |
Society | 402 |
The Other Within and the Other Without | 424 |
About the Editors | 453 |
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Territoriality and Otherness in Hebrew Literature | 236 |
Otherness and Israels Arab Dilemma | 258 |