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The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt
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A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586 – 1987
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Jewish Rights, National Rites: Nationalism and Autonomy in Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia
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Biblical Images: Men and Women of the Book
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A Chosen Calling: Jews in Science in the Twentieth Century
Jewish Text
A New Psalm: The Psalms as Literature
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Outside the Bible, 3‑Volume Set: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture
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Against the Grain: Jewish Intellectuals in Hard Times
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The Bible’s Cutting Room Floor
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The Formation of the Jewish Canon
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Unlearning with Hannah Arendt
Jewish Text
The Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden
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Agnon’s Moonstruck Lovers: The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture
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Jewish Spain: A Mediterranean Memory
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Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a Sacred Song
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Lithuanian Yeshivas of the Nineteenth Century: Creating a Tradition of Learning
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Maimonides: Life and Thought
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Jewish Poland Revisited: Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places
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The Genius: Elijah of Vilna and the Making of Modern Judaism
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The Dynamics of Becoming Orthodox: Dutch Jewish Women Returning to Judaism and How Their Mothers Felt about It