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From biblical archaeology to queer theory, the Jewish studies program at the University of Maryland is a center for intellectual inquiry about Jews and Judaism.

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“The European Jewish World 1914-1919: What Changed?”. in World War I and the Jews: Conflict and Transformation in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States (pp. 32-55). New York: Berghahn Press.

“The European Jewish World 1914-1919: What Changed?”

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Author/Lead: Marsha L. Rozenblit
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“The European Jewish World 1914-1919: What Changed?”

"The World of Qumran and the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls in Gendered Perspective.". in The Bible and Women: An Encyclopedia of Exegesis and Cultural History..

Gender in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Author/Lead: Maxine Grossman
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Gender in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Moses Mendelssohn: Enlightenment, Religion, Politics, Nationalism (Studies and Texts in History and Culture)

Moses Mendelssohn, philosophy and legacy

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

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Moses Mendelssohn: Enlightenment, Religion, Politics, Nationalism (Studies and Texts in History and Culture)

A collection of studies in the philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn by the pre-eminent scholars in the field.

Edited By: Michah Gottlieb and Charles H. Manekin

ISBN: 978-1934309636

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Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Party-Military Relations in a Pluralistic Society

Jews and Muslims in the Islamic World

The symbiotic relationship of Jews and Muslims in the Islamic word

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Zvi Zohar
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Jews and Muslims in the Islamic World

Essays by leading scholars on the symbiotic relation ship between Jews and Muslims, including their history (past and present), social life, architecture, religion, music, and literature

Edited By: Bernard Cooperman and Zvi Zohar

ISBN: 9781934309322

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Built by Wisdom, Established by Understanding: Essays on Biblical and Near Eastern Literature in Honor of Adele Berlin

Honoring our colleague Adele Berln

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

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Built by Wisdom, Established by Understanding: Essays on Biblical and Near Eastern Literature in Honor of Adele Berlin

A collection of essays in Biblical and ancient studies in honor of Adele Berlin  

Edited By: Maxine L. Grossman

ISBN: 1934309486

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Shaping the Middle East: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in an Age of Transition, 400-800 C.E.

Jews, Christian, and Muslims at the end of antiquity and the start of the middle ages.

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Kenneth G. Holum
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Shaping the Middle East: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in an Age of Transition, 400-800 C.E.

Presents the archaeology, art, and history of the Middle East from 400­800 C.E. including latest archaeology of Caesarea, the Persian invasion of Palestine, and the Early Islamic period.

Edited By: Kenneth G. Holum and Hayim Lapin

ISBN: 9781934309315

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Issues in the Acquisition and Teaching of Hebrew

Teaching and acquisiition of Hebrew

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Avital Feuer, Sharon Armon-Lotem
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Issues in the Acquisition and Teaching of Hebrew

Essays include teaching at the university level, sociolinguistics, verbal morphology, teaching poetry, teaching grammar, and more.

Edited By: Avital Feuer, Sharon Armon-Lotem, Bernard Cooperman

ISBN: 9781934309216

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The Jews of Italy: Memory and Identity

Two thousnd years of Jewish life and experience in Italy

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Barbara Garvin
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The Jews of Italy: Memory and Identity

23 essays covering 2000 years on archaeology and history, Kabbalah, language and culture, Anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust.

Edited By: Barbara Garvin and Bernard Cooperman

ISBN: 978193430916

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Philosophers and the Jewish Bible

How philosophers, medieval and modern, have read the Bible

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Robert Eisen
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Philosophers and the Jewish Bible

Essays on how Jewish philosophers, both historical and modern, including Philo, Saadia Gaon, Ibn Tibbon, Spinoza, and Maimonides, have interpreted the Bible narrative.

Edited By: Charles Manekin and Robert Eisen

ISBN: 9781934309209

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