Yeshiva fundamentalism [electronic resource] : piety, gender, and resistance in the ultra-Orthodox world / Nurit Stadler.

By: Stadler, NuritContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2009Description: xviii, 197 p. : illSubject(s): Ultra-Orthodox Jews -- Israel | Orthodox Judaism -- Israel | Jewish fundamentalism -- Israel | Jewish men -- Religious life | Yeshivas -- Israel | Jewish religious education of adults -- Israel | Spiritual life -- JudaismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 296.8/320954694 LOC classification: BM390 | .S727 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: redefining male piety and fundamentalism -- Yeshiva fundamentalism in Israel's Haredi community -- On the edge of transgression: the study of Talmud and the evil inclination -- Challenges to the fundamentalist denouncement of work -- The idealization of soldiers' masculinity -- The domestication of masculine piety -- A case study: terror, ZAKA, and the "soldiers of piety" -- Conclusion: a reconstruction of fundamentalism and piety.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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