Making the Bible Modern : Children's Bibles and Jewish Education in Twentieth-Century America /

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The Bible has played a critical role in the story of Judaism, modernity, and identity. Penny Schine Gold examines the arena of children's education and the role of the Bible in the reshaping of Jewish identity, especially in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, when a second generation of...

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Autor principal: Gold, Penny Schine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Bible stories > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Jewish religious education of children > United States > History > 20th century.
Jews > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Jews > United States > Identity.
Jewish Studies.
U.S. History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Bible in Traditional Jewish Culture
  • 2. The Challenge of Modernity
  • 3. The American Scene
  • 4. Teaching the Bible to Children
  • 5. Bible Stories Retold: Theory into Practice
  • 6. Different Audiences, Different Texts
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Popular Bible Story Collections, 1915-1936
  • Appendix 2. Sources Used to Assess the Popularity of Bible Story Collections
  • Notes
  • Index

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