Aaron W. Hughes is Philip S. Bernstein Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Rochester. He is the author of several books, including Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction and Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Authenticity, Identity, Scholarship

2. Encountering Tradition: The Search for a Jewish Essence

3. Imagining Judaism: Scholar, Community, Identity

4. Take Ancient Judaism for Example: Five Case Studies

5. Private Foundations Encounter Judaism

6. Future Prospects

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Works Cited
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