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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stadler, Nurit
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Spiritual life > Judaism.
Jewish religious education of adults > Israel.
Yeshivas > Israel.
Jewish men > Religious life.
Jewish fundamentalism > Israel.
Orthodox Judaism > Israel.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews > Israel.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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 denouncement 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.