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The Jewish contribution to civilization : reassessing an idea /

Offering a broad spectrum of academic opinion, this book explores the centrality of the question in modern Jewish history and culture and for modern Jewish studies.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Cohen, Jeremy, 1953- (Editor), Cohen, Richard I. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with the Liverpool University Press, [2012]
Series:Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Part I Formulating The Question
  • 1. 'Jewish Contribution to Civilization' and its Implications for Notions of 'Jewish Superiority' in the Modern Period
  • 2. Discourses of Civilization: The Shifting Course of a Modern Jewish Motif
  • 3. From Counterculture to Subculture to Multiculture: The 'Jewish Contribution' Then and Now
  • Part II Judaism And Other Cultures
  • 4. Day of Gladness or Day of Madness? Modern Discussions of the Ancient Sabbath
  • 5. The 'Jewish Contribution' to Christianity
  • 6. Judaism, Islam, and Hellenism: The Conflict in Germany over the Origins of Kultur
  • 7. From Sephardi to Oriental: The 'Decline' Theory of Jewish Civilization in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Part III Jews, Germans, Americans
  • 8. From Admission Ticket to Contribution: Remarks on the History of an Apologetic Argument
  • 9. German-Jewish Literature and Culture and the Field of German-Jewish Studies
  • 10. Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan, and American 'Jewish Contributions to Civilization'
  • Contributors
  • Bibliography
  • Index