Religious Studies and Rabbinics : A Conversation (Hardcover)

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