TY - JOUR
T1 - Early modern jewish history
T2 - Ongoing trends, global directions
AU - Cassen, Flora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Whereas most fields devoted to the study of minorities define the subjects of their inquiries in opposition to the ethnic, racial, religious, or gender hierarchies of society, Jewish studies has, traditionally fashioned itself along the norms of the European, western humanistic tradition. In this essay I suggest that the study of Jews and Jewish life in and out of early modern Europe provides an opportunity to revise this paradigm and offer two directions for the future of the field: The synthesis of the Jews' histories of persecution and integration in Europe; and the exploration of the Jews' role in global history.
AB - Whereas most fields devoted to the study of minorities define the subjects of their inquiries in opposition to the ethnic, racial, religious, or gender hierarchies of society, Jewish studies has, traditionally fashioned itself along the norms of the European, western humanistic tradition. In this essay I suggest that the study of Jews and Jewish life in and out of early modern Europe provides an opportunity to revise this paradigm and offer two directions for the future of the field: The synthesis of the Jews' histories of persecution and integration in Europe; and the exploration of the Jews' role in global history.
KW - Early modern Europe
KW - Expulsion from Spain
KW - Global history
KW - Jewish history
KW - Lachrymose
KW - Luther
KW - Protestant reformation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85037702729
U2 - 10.1163/18712428-09703010
DO - 10.1163/18712428-09703010
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85037702729
SN - 1871-241X
VL - 97
SP - 393
EP - 407
JO - Church History and Religious Culture
JF - Church History and Religious Culture
IS - 3-4
ER -