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The Idea Of Modern Jewish Culture
Schweid, Eliezer. Ed(S): Levin, Leonard
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Hardback. The majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of 'Jewish culture'. This book describes the contributions of Mendelssohn, Wessely, Krochmal, Zunz, the mainstream Zionist thinkers, Kook, Kaplan, and Dubnow to the formulation of the various versions of the Jewish cultural ideal. Editor(s): Levin, Leonard. Translator(s): Hadari, Amnon. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of 'Jewish culture'. This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organises and relates them from this vantage point. The first Jewish modernisation movements perceived culture as the defining trait of the outside alien social environment to which Jewry had to adapt. To be 'cultured' was to be modern-European, as opposed to medieval-ghetto-Jewish. In short order, however, the Jewish religious legacy was redefined retrospectively as a historical 'culture', with fateful consequences for the conception of Judaism as a human and ... Read more
The vast majority of intellectual, religious, and national developments in modern Judaism revolve around the central idea of 'Jewish culture'. This book is the first synoptic view of these developments that organises and relates them from this vantage point. The first Jewish modernisation movements perceived culture as the defining trait of the outside alien social environment to which Jewry had to adapt. To be 'cultured' was to be modern-European, as opposed to medieval-ghetto-Jewish. In short order, however, the Jewish religious legacy was redefined retrospectively as a historical 'culture', with fateful consequences for the conception of Judaism as a human and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781934843055
SKU
V9781934843055
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About Schweid, Eliezer. Ed(S): Levin, Leonard
Eliezer Schweid is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University. He has published 40 books in general and specific areas of Jewish thought of all periods, and has commented frequently on the relevance of the legacy of Jewish thought to contemporary issues of Jewish and universal human concern. He is the recipient of the distinguished Israel Prize and ... Read more
Reviews for The Idea Of Modern Jewish Culture
"…Schweid's work is a significant addition to the analysis of European Jewish thought in the modern period."
Rabbi Josh Levy, Manna, Autumn 2009
Rabbi Josh Levy, Manna, Autumn 2009