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Makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of "Judaism" is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual journey of world-renowned Talmud scholar Daniel Boyarin, this book will change the study of ""Judaism"" - an essential key word in Jewish Studies - as we understand it today.

Investigates what "space" has meant within Jewish culture and tradition; and how notions of Jewish space, diaspora, and home continue to resonate within contemporary discourse.

Provides discussion of essential concepts in the field of Jewish Studies that have emerged over the last two centuries, such as history and science, race and religion, self and community, identity and memory. It is oriented by contemporary critical theory, especially feminist and postcolonial studies, and the multidisciplinary approaches of cultural studies.

Jewish peoplehood has eclipsed religion--as well as ethnicity and nationality--as the prevailing definition of what it means to be a Jew. In Jewish Peoplehood, Noam Pianko examines the history, the current significance, and the future relevance of a term that assumes an increasingly important position in American Jewish and Israeli life.

For millennia, Jew has signified the consummate Other, a persistent fly in the ointment of Western civilization's grand narratives and cultural projects. Only very recently, however, has Jew been reclaimed as a term of self-identification and pride. With these insights as a point of departure, this book offers a wide-ranging exploration of this key word.