Yeshiva Fundamentalism : : Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World /

Yeshiva Fundamentalism : : Piety, Gender, and Resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox World / / Nurit Stadler.

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2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, or Jewish seminary, is a space reserved for men, and for a focus on religious ideals. Fundamentalist forms of piety are usually believed to be quite resistant to change. In Yeshiva Fundamentalism, Nurit Stadler uncovers surprising evi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Stadler, Nurit,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 16 black and white illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1 I ntroduction: Redefining Male Piety and Fundamentalism
  • 2. Yeshiva Fundamentalism in Israel’s Haredi Community
  • 3. On the Edge of Transgression: The Study of the Talmud and the “Evil Inclination
  • 4. Challenges to the Fundamentalist Denunciation of Work
  • 5. The Idealization of Soldiers’ Masculinity
  • 6. The Domestication of Masculine Piety
  • 7. A Case Study: Terror, ZAKA, and the “Soldiers of Piety
  • 8. Conclusion: A Reconstruction of Fundamentalism and Piety
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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