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Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life Hardcover – May 23, 2012

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Winner of the 2012 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the Category of Cultural Studies and Media Studies, and in January 2013 a winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies, Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism offers a new approach to the study of Jews in the New World. The book focuses on the objects of everyday life that were used and created by Jews, such as ritual baths, food, gravestones, portraits, furniture, as well as the synagogue. By uncovering these objects and exposing the common culture of the Jewish Atlantic world, it provides a fresh understanding of a crucial era in Jewish and American history. Messianism and secrecy were two keys to this shared culture. The Jews of the Atlantic world believed that the physical and spiritual could - and would - be united through the Messiah. They were deeply messianic and their belief permeated their visual and religious ethos. Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism presents new insights about the origins of Jewish American messianism, helping readers better understand messianism in contemporary American society. It charts the shared culture of these Jews who lived in the port towns in the Caribbean and on both sides of the Atlantic, and author Laura Arnold Leibman argues that thinking about Judaism as an embodied religion is key to understanding their culture. Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism makes early Jewish American history entertaining, accessible, and interesting to general readers, as well as to academic audiences. A companion website contains thousands of photographs of material culture from throughout the Jewish Atlantic world, as well as study guides for using the images - http://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/jewishatlanticworld/ *** "Leibman has written an extremely ambitious and significantly innovative study of Jewish colonial history. Through combining the study of what she describes as 'material biography' and Jewish religious beliefs centering on messianism, the author deciphers and retells the story of Jewish life in early America with energy and originality. Highly recommended." - Choice, January 2013, Vol. 50, No. 5 *** Featured in 'Outstanding Academic Titles', a prestigious list of publications for the year 2013. - Choice, January 2014, Vol. 51, No. 5
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    416 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Vallentine Mitchell
  4. Publication date
    May 23, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    6.5 x 1.6 x 9.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0853038333
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0853038337
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vallentine Mitchell; Illustrated edition (May 23, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0853038333
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0853038337
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.75 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.6 x 9.75 inches
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Laura Arnold Leibman

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Laura Arnold Leibman writes about religion and the daily lives of women and children in the early Atlantic World and uses everyday objects to help bring their stories back to life. She is a Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon (USA), the Vice President of Publications for the Association of Jewish Studies, and has been a visiting fellow at Oxford University, a Fulbright scholar at the University of Utrecht, the University of Panama, and the Leon Levy Foundation Professor of Jewish Material Culture at Bard Graduate Center. Her book The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects (Bard Graduate Center, 2020) won three National Jewish Book Awards. Her earlier book Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism: A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life (2012) won a Jordan Schnitzer Book Award and a National Jewish Book Award. Her latest book Once We Were Slaves (Oxford UP, 2021) is about an early multiracial Jewish family who began their lives enslaved in the Caribbean and became some of the wealthiest Jews in New York.

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Varus what have you done with my Legions?
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Superbly researched and creative. Prof Leibman's ability to integrate her eye and her traditional research reminds me of Smon Schama in Landscape and Memory
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating topic, great read!
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This scholarly book is written clearly and insightfully by Professor Leibman who is an expert in her field of study.
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