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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century

A View from the Margin

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  • © 2007

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  1. Nathan Katz
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  2. Ranabir Chakravarti
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  3. Braj M. Sinha
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  4. Shalva Weil
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A Perspective from the Margin

    1. Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A Perspective from the Margin

      • Nathan Katz
      Pages 1-15

  3. Historical Studies, Ancient and Medieval

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Reaching out to Distant Shores: Indo-Judaic Trade Contacts (Up to CE 1300)

      • Ranabir Chakravarti
      Pages 19-43

    3. Traders and Ideas: Indians and Jews

      • Brain Weinstein
      Pages 44-56

    4. Hindus and Hinduism in Medieval Jewish Literature

      • Richard G. Marks
      Pages 57-73

  5. Jewish (and Near-Jewish) Communities in India

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. New Research, Discoveries and Paradigms: A Report on the Current Study of Kerala Jews

      • Barbara C. Johnson
      Pages 129-146

    3. On Origins, the Arts, and Transformed Identities: Foci of Research into the Bene Israel

      • Shalva Weil
      Pages 147-157

    4. The Baghdadi Jews of India: Perspectives on the Study and Portrayal of a Community

      • Joan Roland
      Pages 158-180

    5. Tribal Jews

      • Tudor Parfitt
      Pages 181-193

  6. Contemporary Interactions in Polity, Political Discourse, and Diplomacy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Describing the “Other, ” Describing the “Self”: Jews, Hindu Reformers, and Indian Nationalists

      • Yulia Egorova
      Pages 197-211

    3. India and Israel: The Diplomatic History

      • P. R. Kumaraswamy
      Pages 212-224

    4. India and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Shifting Strategic Focus

      • Dinesh Kumar
      Pages 225-236

    5. The Multicultural Issue in India and Israel—Some Reflections

      • Margaret Chatterjee
      Pages 237-250
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This collection analyzes the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient to contemporary times. The contributors propose a new, global understanding of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.

About the authors

NATHAN KATZ is Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University, USA.
RANABIR CHAKRAVARTI is Professor of Ancient History, Centre for Historical
Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.
BRAJ M. SINHA is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
SHALVA WEIL works as an anthropologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. She is the founding Chairperson of the India-Israel Cultural Association.

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