Jewish Studies

Folklore and Anthropology

Jewish Musical Traditions

Amnon Shiloah

A sociocultural examination of the oral music of Jewish communities.

Jewish Lore in Manichaean Cosmogony: Studies in the Book of Giants Traditions

John C. Reeves

Reeves demonstrates that the fundamental structure of Manichaean cosmogony is ultimately indebted to Jewish Enochic literature.

The Hebrew Goddess

Third Enlarged Edition

Raphael Patai

The Hebrew Goddess demonstrates that the Jewish religion contained from earliest times strong polytheistic elements, chief of which was the cult of the mother goddess.

Prayer & Community: The Havurah in American Judaism

Riv-Ellen Prell

Combining history and ethnography, Prell explores the central questions posed by Jewish prayer fellowships.

Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor

Edited by Sarah Blacher Cohen

Examines the development of Jewish humor in a series of essays on topics that range from Sholom Aleichem’s humor to Jewish comediennes through to the humor of Philip Roth.

The Messiah Texts: Jewish Legends of Three Thousand Years

Raphael Patai

Traces the progress of the messianic legend from its biblical beginnings to contemporary expressions.