Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Interchapter I. Js Davka 30
6. Chapter 1. Jewish studies as lever 35
7. Interchapter II. The dialectics of owner ship 55
8. Chapter 2. Jewish studies and the pitchfork 60
9. Interchapter III. “Past its own aim, out to another side” 83
10. Chapter 3. Mochlos or Makhlokes: js and the humanities 87
11. Interchapter IV. Speaking of js; and its vicissitudes 123
12. Chapter 4. Bildungsheld or Pícaro, canon and list: a heterotopology for js 127
13. Interchapter V. Bildung and built-ins 161
14. Chapter 5. Ventilating the tradition: Rashbam and the Coen brothers 165
15. Epilogue. Knotted thread, middle game: an envoi 191
16. Notes 201
17. Works cited 239
18. Index 273