Elizabeth Alexander, Beth Berkowitz eds.
Routledge, 2017
Contents
Introduction – Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Part I: The History of Religion
1. Religious Studies, Past and Present – Randall Styers
2. Different Religions? Big and Little "Religion" in Rabbinics and Religious Studies – Beth A. Berkowitz
3. J.Z. Smith on the Study of Religion, Humanities and Human Nature – Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Part II: Managing Commitments
4. "A Cheerful Unease": Theology and Religious Studies – Paul Dafydd Jones
5. Reading Midrash as Theological Practice – Deborah Barer
6. Alexandria between Athens and Jerusalem: Religious Studies as a Humanistic Discipline – Charles Mathewes
Part III: Comparative Rubrics and Rabbinic Data
7. The Legal Language of Everyday Life in Rabbinic Religion – Chaya Halberstam
8. Time, Gender and Ritual in Rabbinic Sources – Sarit Kattan Gribetz
9. Ritual Failure, Ritual Success, and What Makes Ritual Meaningful in the Mishnah – Naftali S. Cohn
Part IV: Critical Reading
10.Thou Shalt Not Cook a Bird in its Mother’s Milk?: Theorizing the Evolution of a Rabbinic Regulation – Jordan D. Roseblum
11. Learning How to Read: How Rabbinics Aids in the Study of Contemporary Christian Scripture-Reading Practices
12. From the General to the Specific: A Genealogy of "Acts of Reciprocal Kindness" (Gemilut Hasidim) in Rabbinic Literature – Gregg E. Gardner
Information on the book
https://www.routledge.com/Religious-Studies-and-Rabbinics-A-Conversation/Alexander-Berkowitz/p/book/9781138288805
Book review (from Ancient Jew Review)
https://www.ancientjewreview.com/articles/2020/6/15/religious-studies-and-rabbinics?fbclid=IwAR3MQvm1u1AuvlItGssvunXXAl71HzKLXQLuA9SSQfrAbdPQLGMbQAkVFXM
