Judaism makes the bold argument that the very concept of a religion of ‘Judaism’ is an invention of the Christian church. The intellectual odyssey 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.

Contents

Preface What Are We Talking About When We Talk About "Judaism"?

Part 1 The Terms of the Debate

Chapter 1 Debate of the Terms

Part 2 The State of the Lexicon: Questioning the Archive

Chapter 2 Jewry without Judaism: The Stakes of the Question

Chapter 3 Getting Medieval Yahadut

Part 3: A New Dispensation: The Christian Invention of "Judaism"

Chapter 4 "Judaism" out of the Entrails of Christianity

Chapter 5 From Yiddishkayt to Judentum; From Judentum to Yahadut;, or Philology and the Transformation of a Folk

Epilogue

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