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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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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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Jewish Literature And History: An Interdisciplinary Conversation

Reading Jewsh literatures in ther historcal contexts

Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies

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Jewish Literature And History: An Interdisciplinary Conversation

This book examines the relationship between Jewish literature and the historical setting in which it was written. The types of literature analyzed in this study include ghost stories; Yiddish, Ukrainian, and Russian Jewish literature; plays; letters; poetry; even obituaries.

ISBN: 1934309133

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Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite.

Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Ideological Portrait of the Israeli Military Elite

Intractable Conflict and the Media.

Intractable Conflict and the Media

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Intractable Conflict and the Media

The Return of Engaged Journalism.

The Return of Engaged Journalism.

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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The Return of Engaged Journalism.

With Tsfati, Y., Meyer, O., What is good Journalism? Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Comparing Israeli public and Journalists' Perceptions.

With Tsfati, Y., Dor, D. Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media. in Media trust index.

Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media

Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies

Author/Lead: Yoram Peri
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Israeli Attitudes towards Coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the Israeli Media