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Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America

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Description for Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America Paperback. Providing insights of Catholic and Jewish commentators and religious leaders, this work recounts the transformation of a relationship of irreconcilable enmity to one of respectful coexistence and constructive dialogue. Focusing on the Catholic doctrinal view of the Jews and its ramifications, it traces the historical roots of anti-semitism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAF; HRCC7; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 585. Weight in Grams: 449.
Rich with the insights of prominent Catholic and Jewish commentators and religious leaders, Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America recounts the amazing transformation of a relationship of irreconcilable enmity to one of respectful coexistence and constructive dialogue.

Focusing primarily on the Catholic doctrinal view of the Jews and its ramifications, Egal Feldman traces the historicalroots of anti-Semitism, examining tenacious Catholic beliefsincluding the idea that the Jews lost their place as the chosen people with the coming of Christianity, deicide, and the conviction that their purported responsibility for the Crucifixion justified subsequent Jewish misery.

A new era of Catholic-Jewish relations opened in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073854
SKU
V9780252073854
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About Egal Feldman
The late Egal Feldman was the professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin at Superior, and the author of The Dreyfus Affair and the American Conscience, 1895-1906 and other books.

Reviews for Catholics and Jews in Twentieth-Century America
Kenneth Kingery Scholarly Book Award, Council for Wisconsin Writers, 2002. “[Feldman] takes up the American Jewish-Catholic relationship and its remarkable development over the course of the twentieth century. In doing so he has given a precious gift to both communities. . . . I would commend him for his balance and sure-footedness while narrating a number of extremely complex and ... Read more

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