TY - BOOK ID - 50013964 TI - The myth of the cultural Jew : culture and law in Jewish tradition PY - 2015 SN - 0190238097 0190226587 PB - New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Jewish law KW - Judaism KW - Jews KW - Culture and law KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Philosophy KW - Doctrines KW - Identity KW - Law and culture KW - Law KW - Identity, Jewish KW - Jewish identity KW - Jewishness KW - Jewish nationalism KW - Jewish theology KW - Theology, Jewish KW - Ethnic identity KW - Race identity KW - Legal status, laws, etc. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50013964 AB - A myth exists that Jews can embrace the cultural components of Judaism without appreciating the legal aspects of the Jewish tradition. This myth suggests that law and culture are independent of one another. In reality, however, much of Jewish culture has a basis in Jewish law. Similarly, Jewish law produces Jewish culture. Roberta Rosenthal Kwall develops and applies a cultural analysis paradigm to the Jewish tradition that departs from the understanding of Jewish law solely as the embodiment of Divine command. ER -