The Jewish contribution to civilization: reassessing an idea
'Jewish contribution to civilization' and its implications for notions of 'Jewish superiority' in the modern period / Richard I. Cohen -- Discourses of civilization : the shifting course of a modern Jewish motif / David N. Myers -- From counterculture to subculture to multicultur...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Portland, Or.
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Series/Journal: | The Littman library of Jewish civilization
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Judaism
/ Culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Civilization, Modern Jewish influences B Jews Civilization B Judaism Relations B Conference program |
| Summary: | 'Jewish contribution to civilization' and its implications for notions of 'Jewish superiority' in the modern period / Richard I. Cohen -- Discourses of civilization : the shifting course of a modern Jewish motif / David N. Myers -- From counterculture to subculture to multiculture : the 'Jewish contribution' then and now / Moshe Rosman -- Day of gladness or day of madness? modern discussions of the ancient Sabbath / Elliott Horowitz -- The 'Jewish contribution' to Christianity / David Berger -- Judaism, Islam, and Hellenism : the conflict in Germany over the origins of kultur / Susannah Heschel -- From Sephardi to Oriental : the 'decline' theory of Jewish civilization in the Middle East and North Africa / Daniel Schroeter -- From admission ticket to contribution : remarks on the history of an apologetic argument / Yaacov Shavit -- German-Jewish literature and culture and the field of German-Jewish studies / Mark H. Gelber -- Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan, and American 'Jewish contributions to civilization' / David Biale |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1906764433 |