Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the Twenty-First Century

Klaus Hödl teaches the history of Israel and related topics at Graz University. His latest book, Jews inViennese Popular Culture around 1900, will be published in late 2019.Carsten Schapkow is L. R. Brammer Jr. presidential professor in history at the University of Oklahoma, where he also serves as the director of the Center for the Study of Nationalism. His most recent book is Role Model and Countermodel: The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German-Jewish Culture during the Era of Emancipation (Lexington Books).

• 1.Introduction: Carsten Schapkow (University of Oklahoma) Defining the Field: Bible Studies and Beyond2.David Ben-Gurion, the Bible, and the Case for Jewish Studies and Israel Studies, Alan Levenson (University of Oklahoma.)3.Meta-Halacha and Real Life: Using Jewish Thought Methodology in Solving Religion and State Issues in Contemporary Israel , Yossi Ben-Harush (Hebrew University Jerusalem)Defining the Borders of Israel Studies 4.Israel, Palestine, and Holy Land Studies in Post-Soviet Territory: Views, Trends, and Prospects, Dzimitry Shavialiou (Belarusian State University)5.Israel in the Mirror of Iran: An Iranian Approach to Jewish and Israeli Messianism, Amir Rezaeipanah (Shahid Behesti University Tehran)6.Turkish Jews’ Perspectives on Israel, Özgür Kaymak (University of Istanbul)7.Israel Studies, the Jewish Challenge, Yaacov Yadgar (University of Oxford) and Yakov M. Rabkin (Université de Montréal)The Place of Israel Studies Contested? 8.Israel Studies, Intersectionality, and t

This is a significant and timely volume of essays. Though much has been written on the field of Jewish Studies as an academic discipline, and a fair amount on the more recent cognate area of Israel Studies, this is the first truly wide-ranging discussion and thought-provoking debate regarding their interrelationship. I am sure that this collection will spur a great deal of further academic deliberation.