Indo-Judaic Studies in the Twenty-First Century

Introduction; N.Katz PART I: HISTORICAL STUDIES, ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL Reaching out to Distant Shores: Indo-Judaic Trade Contacts (up to CE 1300); R.Chakravarti Traders and Ideas: Indians and Jews; B.Weinstein Hindus and Hinduism in Medieval Jewish Literature; R.G.Marks PART II: COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS STUDIES Beyond Hegemony: Hinduisms, Judaisms, and the Politics of Comparison; B.A.Holdrege Divine Anthropos and Cosmic Tree: Hindu and Jewish Mysticism in Comparative Perspective; B.M.Sinha The State of the Art of Hindu-Jewish Dialogue; N.Katz PART III: JEWISH (AND NEAR-JEWISH) COMMUNITIES IN INDIA New Research, Discoveries and Paradigms: A Report on the Current Study of Kerala Jews; B.C.Johnson On Origins, the Arts, and Transformed Identities: Foci of Research into the Bene Israel; S.Weil The Baghdadi Jews of India: Perspectives on the Study and Portrayal of a Community; J.Roland Tribal Jews; T.Parfitt PART IV: CONTEMPORARY INTERACTIONS IN POLITY, POLITICAL DISCOURSE, AND DIPLOMACY Describing the 'Other,' Describing the 'Self': Jews, Hindu Reformers and Indian Nationalists; Y.Egorova India and Israel: The Diplomatic History; P.R.Kumaraswamy India and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Shifting Strategic Focus; D.Kumar The Multicultural Issue in India and Israel - Some Reflections; M.Chatterjee