Rites and Passages: The Beginnings of Modern Jewish Culture in France, 1650-1860

Jay R. Berkovitz

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2004

Rites and Passages

The Beginnings of Modern Jewish Culture in France, 1650-1860

Jay R. Berkovitz

In the series Jewish Culture and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812200157

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About this book

Delves into Jewish religion and culture at a time of profound social and political revolution in the wider European culture.

Author / Editor information

Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of The Shaping of Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century France.

Reviews

"Although the French National Assembly granted Jews citizenship in 1791, this magisterial book argues that the meanings of this revolutionary watershed must be understood through much longer-running discussions and complex variations among French Jews. . . . This detailed volume . . . should interest a wide range of scholars in religious and civic history."—Choice

"A remarkable achievement. . . . Berkovitz has produced an erudite and persuasive work and a model of interdisciplinary scholarship. A major contribution to the study of European Jewry, Rites and Passages is equally relevant to the study of French history, cultural history, and the relationship between religion and modernity."—Ronald Schechter, H-France Review

"Rites and Passages is a rich work of scholarship that tells with great erudition the unique story of French Jewish modernization."—The Journal of Religion

"A rich work of scholarship that tells with great erudition the unique story of French Jewish modernization."—Journal of Religion

"A formidable achievement that deserves to be read by all historians of modern Jewry and of the French Revolution. Berkovitz has laid out a fertile path for future exploration, and scholars will no doubt be indebted to him for many years to come."—Jewish History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Leadership, Community, and Ritual in the Ancien Régime
Chapter 1. Communal Authority and Leadership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2. Secularization, Consumption, and Communal Controls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 3. Ritual and Religious Culture in Alsace-Lorraine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Part II. Revolution, Régénération, and Emancipation
Chapter 4. The Ordeal of Citizenship, 1782-1799 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 5. Religion, State, and Community: The Impact of Napoleonic Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 6. The 'Jewish Question" During the Bourbon Restoration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Part III. Transformations in Jewish Self-Understanding
Chapter 7. Scholarship and Identity: La Science de Judaïsme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Chapter 8. Rabbinic Authority and Ritual Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Chapter 9. Patrie et Religion: The Social and Religious Implications of Civic Equality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 344
Keywords: Religion; History; Jewish Studies; European History; World History; Religious Studies

eBook

Published: August 3, 2010
ISBN: 9780812200157