Judaic Studies and Me
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Published electronically in Textures and Meaning: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, ed. L. Ehrlich, S. Bolozky, R. Rothstein, M. Schwartz, J. Berkovitz, J. Young, Deptartment of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, © 2004. http://www.umass.edu/judaic/anniversaryvolume/
Abstract
At the time I carried out my researches in Alaska among the Eskimo, in Balkan villages and in Southeast Asia among the peoples of Laos I must admit that I usually perceived “Self” and ”Other” as distinct categories, and certainly not interactive ones. But, from a contemporary point of view, applying a reflexive approach, I now readily perceive interrelationships which, at that time, seemed remote from one another. This specifically applies to the ways in which Jews and the Jewish experience have not been separated from but really a part of my experiences in distant places.Suggested Citation
Joel Halpern. "Judaic Studies and Me" Textures and Meanings: Thirty Years of Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1 ed). Ed. L. Ehrlich, S. Bolozky, R. Rothstein, M. Schwartz, J. Berkovitz, J. Young. Deptartment of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004. 453-462.
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