Book Review: The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition
Book Review, 12 No Foundations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Justice 100 (2015) (reviewing Roberta Kwall, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition (Oxford University Press 2015)).
8 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2015
Date Written: June 22, 2015
Abstract
This book review summarizes the methodology and broad coverage of Professor Kwall's examination of her premise: that even a "cultural Jew" is "molded and shaped by...Jewish law." The review describes the use of cultural analysis in this context and its remarkable similarities to Jewish legal analysis.
Keywords: cultural analysis, religious law, Jewish law
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Liemer, Susan, Book Review: The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition (June 22, 2015). Book Review, 12 No Foundations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Law and Justice 100 (2015) (reviewing Roberta Kwall, The Myth of the Cultural Jew: Culture and Law in Jewish Tradition (Oxford University Press 2015))., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2621813
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