Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First

This book is an analysis of the affinities and interactions between Indic and Judaic civilizations from ancient through contemporary times. The contributors to this volume come together to propose new and global understanding of patterns of commerce and culture, to reconfigure how we understand the way great cultures interact, and to present a new constellation of diplomacy, literature, and geopolitics.

Nathan Katz is Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University. Ranabir Chakravarti is Professor of Ancient History, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Braj M. Sinha is Professor of Religious Studies, University of Saskatchewan. Shalva Weil is Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for Innovation in Education, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Introduction: Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century: A Perspective from the Margin	p. 1
Historical Studies, Ancient and Medieval
Reaching out to Distant Shores: Indo-Judaic Trade Contacts (Up to CE 1300)	p. 19
Traders and Ideas: Indians and Jews	p. 44
Hindus and Hinduism in Medieval Jewish Literature	p. 57
Comparative Religious Studies
Beyond Hegemony: Hinduisms, Judaisms, and the Politics of Comparison	p. 77
Divine Anthropos and Cosmic Tree: Hindu and Jewish Mysticism in Comparative Perspective	p. 93
The State of the Art of Hindu-Jewish Dialogue	p. 113
Jewish (and Near-Jewish) Communities in India
New Research, Discoveries and Paradigms: A Report on the Current Study of Kerala Jews	p. 129
On Origins, the Arts, and Transformed Identities: Foci of Research into the Bene Israel	p. 147
The Baghdadi Jews of India: Perspectives on the Study and Portrayal of a Community	p. 158
Tribal Jews	p. 181
Contemporary Interactions in Polity, Political Discourse, and Diplomacy
Describing the "Other," Describing the "Self": Jews, Hindu Reformers, and Indian Nationalists	p. 197
India and Israel: The Diplomatic History	p. 212
India and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Shifting Strategic Focus	p. 225
The Multicultural Issue in India and Israel-Some Reflections	p. 237
Notes on the Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 254
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Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century A View from the Margin

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