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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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with the Liverpool University Press,
[2012]
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| 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