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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Bible in Traditional Jewish Culture Ritual Use Home Use Commentary and Interpretation The Bible and the Education of Children Chapter 2: The Challenge of Modernity Modernity's Challenge to Traditional Judaism Implications for the Role of Sacred Texts Educational Change Chapter 3: The American Scene Public Schooling, Americanization, and Character Education Cultural Pluralism Protestant Religious Education in America The New American Jewish Education Chapter 4: Teaching the Bible to Children Pedagogical Issues Rewriting the Text Chapter 5: Bible Stories Retold: Theory into Practice The Texts: A Children's Discourse Omissions The Nature of God Human Characters/Moral Exemplars Bible Stories or Bible History? Chapter 6: Different Audiences, Different Texts Retelling the Bible in the Jewish Interpretive Tradition Christian Bible Story Collections The First Bible Storybooks for Jewish Children American Protestant Collections A New Generation of Texts The Bible in Israel Conclusion Appendix 1: Popular Bible Story Collections, 19151936 Appendix 2: Sources Used to Assess the Popularity of Bible Story Collections Notes Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Jewish religious education of children United States History 20th century, Bible, O, T, Children's use United States History 20th century, Bible stories, English Study and teaching (Elementary) United States History 20th century, Jews Cultural assimilation United States, Jews United States Identity