About the Author

Stephen Sharot holds the Chilewich Family Chair in Social Integration and is professor of sociology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is also the author of Messianism, Mysticism, and Magic and A Comparative Sociology of World Religions.

Reviews

Comparative Perspectives on Judaisms and Jewish Identities makes a unique contribution, building on but not duplicating Sharot's earlier work. There is no comparable work that covers all of these periods and particular cases."--Harriet Hartman "professor of sociology at Rowan University "