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Author:

Stadler, Nurit.

Title:

Yeshiva fundamentalism : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xviii, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ultra-Orthodox Jews--Israel.
Orthodox Judaism--Israel.
Jewish fundamentalism--Israel.
Jewish men--Religious life.
Yeshivas--Israel.
Jewish religious education of adults--Israel.
Spiritual life--Judaism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression : the study of Talmud and the "evil inclination" -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denunciation of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study : terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion : a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.

ISBN:

0814740499 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814740491 (cl : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227931092

LCCN:

2008031657

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)