America And Zion

Author : Moshe Davis
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814330340
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America and Zion written by Moshe Davis and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moshe Davis was a preeminent scholar of contemporary Jewish history and the rounding head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recognized leader in the field of bicultural American/Jewish studies, he was a mentor to educators and academics in both Israel and North America and an active colleague of American Christian scholars involved in interfaith study and dialogue. These wide-ranging essays, many of them presented at a colloquium that Professor Davis had planned but did not live to attend, honor him by exploring the theme of Zion as an integral part of American spiritual history and as a site of interfaith discourse. Not only do these essays stress the role of individuals in history, but they also incorporate views outside those of mainstream religions. American attitudes toward the land of the Bible reflect both Jewish values that arose from their abiding attachment to Zion and the uniquely American Christian vision of a utopian pre-industrial, pre-urban, pre-secularized world. Whereas American Christians expected to be lifted out of their ordinary lives when they visited the Holy Land, Jews saw in their affinity for Zion a strong link to their American environment. Jews viewed America's biblical heritage as a source of practical values such as fair play and equality, social vision and political covenant. In inviting such comparisons, these essays illuminate the relationship of Judaism to America and the richness of American religious experience overall.

Author : Moshe Davis
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814330340
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America and Zion written by Moshe Davis and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moshe Davis was a preeminent scholar of contemporary Jewish history and the rounding head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recognized leader in the field of bicultural American/Jewish studies, he was a mentor to educators and academics in both Israel and North America and an active colleague of American Christian scholars involved in interfaith study and dialogue. These wide-ranging essays, many of them presented at a colloquium that Professor Davis had planned but did not live to attend, honor him by exploring the theme of Zion as an integral part of American spiritual history and as a site of interfaith discourse. Not only do these essays stress the role of individuals in history, but they also incorporate views outside those of mainstream religions. American attitudes toward the land of the Bible reflect both Jewish values that arose from their abiding attachment to Zion and the uniquely American Christian vision of a utopian pre-industrial, pre-urban, pre-secularized world. Whereas American Christians expected to be lifted out of their ordinary lives when they visited the Holy Land, Jews saw in their affinity for Zion a strong link to their American environment. Jews viewed America's biblical heritage as a source of practical values such as fair play and equality, social vision and political covenant. In inviting such comparisons, these essays illuminate the relationship of Judaism to America and the richness of American religious experience overall.

Author : Henry L. Feingold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780882545929
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zion in America written by Henry L. Feingold and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the conditions which have fashioned the exceptionally successful acculturation of American Jewry

Author : Betsy Gaines Quammen
Publisher : Torrey House Press
ISBN 13 : 1948814153
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Zion written by Betsy Gaines Quammen and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A deep, fascinating dive into a uniquely American brand of religious zealotry that poses a grave threat to our national parks, wilderness areas, wildlife sanctuaries, and other public lands. It also happens to be a delight to read." —JON KRAKAUER American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and American heritage. BETSY GAINES QUAMMEN is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in Environmental History from Montana State University in 2017, her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. After college in Colorado, caretaking for a bed and breakfast in Mosier, Oregon, and serving breakfasts at a cafe in Kanab, Utah, Betsy has settled in Bozeman, Montana, where she now lives with her husband, writer David Quammen, three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots.

Author : Eran Shalev
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300186924
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Zion written by Eran Shalev and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV A wide-ranging exploration of early Americans’ use of the Old Testament for political purposes /div

Author : Henry L. Feingold
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486148335
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zion in America written by Henry L. Feingold and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly survey covers Old World origins; profiles of New World cultures of German and Eastern European Jews; the effects of changing political and economic climates; and immigrant settlement on the Lower East Side settlement.

Author : American Zion Commonwealth, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Zion Commonwealth (inc.) Affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America written by American Zion Commonwealth, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mabel B. Little
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Fire on Mount Zion written by Mabel B. Little and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Zion Commonwealth, Inc
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
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Download or read book The American Zion Commonwealth (inc.) Affiliated with the Zionist Organization of America written by American Zion Commonwealth, Inc and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eran Shalev
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300188412
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Zion written by Eran Shalev and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV The Bible has always been an integral part of American political culture. Yet in the years before the Civil War, it was the Old Testament, not the New Testament, that pervaded political rhetoric. From Revolutionary times through about 1830, numerous American politicians, commentators, ministers, and laymen depicted their young nation as a new, God-chosen Israel and relied on the Old Testament for political guidance. In this original book, historian Eran Shalev closely examines how this powerful predilection for Old Testament narratives and rhetoric in early America shaped a wide range of debates and cultural discussions—from republican ideology, constitutional interpretation, southern slavery, and more generally the meaning of American nationalism to speculations on the origins of American Indians and to the emergence of Mormonism. Shalev argues that the effort to shape the United States as a biblical nation reflected conflicting attitudes within the culture—proudly boastful on the one hand but uncertain about its abilities and ultimate destiny on the other. With great nuance, American Zion explores for the first time the meaning and lasting effects of the idea of the United States as a new Israel and sheds new light on our understanding of the nation’s origins and culture during the founding and antebellum decades. /div