Turning Points In Jewish History

Author : Marc Rosenstein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827613830
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Points in Jewish History written by Marc Rosenstein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the entire span of Jewish history by focusing on thirty pivotal moments in the Jewish people’s experience from biblical times through the present—essentially the most important events in the life of the Jewish people—Turning Points in Jewish History provides “the big picture”: both a broad and a deep understanding of the Jewish historical experience. Zeroing in on eight turning points in the biblical period, four in Hellenistic-Roman times, five in the Middle Ages, and thirteen in modernity, Marc J. Rosenstein elucidates each formative event with a focused history, a timeline, a primary text with commentary as an intimate window into the period, and a discussion of its legacy for subsequent generations. Along the way he candidly analyzes various controversies and schisms arising from Judaism’s encounters with power, powerlessness, exile, messianism, rationalism, mysticism, catastrophe, modernity, nationalism, feminism, and more. The book’s thirty distinct and logically connected events lend themselves to a full course or to customized classes on specific turning points. Discussion questions for every chapter (some in print, more online) facilitate reflection and continuing conversation.

Author : D. Aberbach
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403937338
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Major Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History written by D. Aberbach and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes major transformations in Jewish life and thought: from idolatry to exclusive monotheism in the biblical age, from state-based identity to cultural nationalism in the Roman empire; and, in the European Diaspora, from theology to secularism and revived political nationalism in the modern period. Fundamental questions are asked about Jewish survival in a variety of topics including prophecy, Jewish law, Midrash, the Roman-Jewish wars, Stoicism, secular poetry in Muslim Spain, Marx and Freud, and Hebrew literature through the ages.

Author : Morris B. Margolies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ten Turning Points in Jewish History written by Morris B. Margolies and published by . This book was released on 20?? with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From November 14th, 1962 to March 27th, 1963, Rabbi Morris Margolies delivered a series of bi-weekly lectures to the Beth Shalom congregation in Kansas City, Missouri. Tape recordings of the lectures were transcribed and typed and made available in the first edition of this work. Forty years later, Margolies was urged to publish this second edition.

Author : David Klinghoffer
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0385510225
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why the Jews Rejected Jesus written by David Klinghoffer and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Jews reject Jesus? Was he really the son of God? Were the Jews culpable in his death? These ancient questions have been debated for almost two thousand years, most recently with the release of Mel Gibson’s explosive The Passion of the Christ. The controversy was never merely academic. The legal status and security of Jews—often their very lives—depended on the answer. In WHY THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS, David Klinghoffer reveals that the Jews since ancient times accepted not only the historical existence of Jesus but the role of certain Jews in bringing about his crucifixion and death. But he also argues that they had every reason to be skeptical of claims for his divinity. For one thing, Palestine under Roman occupation had numerous charismatic would-be messiahs, so Jesus would not have been unique, nor was his following the largest of its kind. For another, the biblical prophecies about the coming of the Messiah were never fulfilled by Jesus, including an ingathering of exiles, the rise of a Davidic king who would defeat Israel’s enemies, the building of a new Temple, and recognition of God by the gentiles. Above all, the Jews understood their biblically commanded way of life, from which Jesus’s followers sought to “free” them, as precious, immutable, and eternal. Jews have long been blamed for Jesus’s death and stigmatized for rejecting him. But Jesus lived and died a relatively obscure figure at the margins of Jewish society. Indeed, it is difficult to argue that “the Jews” of his day rejected Jesus at all, since most Jews had never heard of him. The figure they really rejected, often violently, was Paul, who convinced the Jerusalem church led by Jesus’s brother to jettison the observance of Jewish law. Paul thus founded a new religion. If not for him, Christianity would likely have remained a Jewish movement, and the course of history itself would have been changed. Had the Jews accepted Jesus, Klinghoffer speculates, Christianity would not have conquered Europe, and there would be no Western civilization as we know it. WHY THE JEWS REJECTED JESUS tells the story of this long, acrimonious, and occasionally deadly debate between Christians and Jews. It is thoroughly engaging, lucidly written, and in many ways highly original. Though written from a Jewish point of view, it is also profoundly respectful of Christian sensibilities. Coming at a time when Christians and Jews are in some ways moving closer than ever before, this thoughtful and provocative book represents a genuine effort to heal the ancient rift between these two great faith traditions.

Author : Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300190395
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Judaism written by Jonathan D. Sarna and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan D. Sarna's award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years. Praise for the first edition: "Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America; one so well executed, it is likely to set the standard for the next fifty years."--Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post "A masterful overview."--Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Historical Review "This book is destined to be the new classic of American Jewish history."--Norman H. Finkelstein, Jewish Book World Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award/Jewish Book of the Year

Author : Frank Moore Cross
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
ISBN 13 : 9780931464065
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traditions in Transformation written by Frank Moore Cross and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1981 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symbolism in the song of Jonah.--Greenspoon, L. J. The origin of the idea of resurrection.--Purvis, J. D. The Samaritan problem.--Collins, J. J. Patterns of eschatology at Qumran.--Collins, A. Y. Myth and history in the book of Revelation.

Author : Howard R. Greenstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891305118
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Point, Zionism and Reform Judaism written by Howard R. Greenstein and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc Rosenstein
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827618638
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contested Utopia written by Marc Rosenstein and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book to examine the Jewish state through the lens of Jewish utopian thought, from its biblical beginnings to modernity, offers a fresh perspective on the political, religious, and geopolitical life of Israel. As Marc J. Rosenstein argues, the Jewish people's collective memories, desires, hopes, and faith have converged to envision an ideal life in the Land of Israel--but, critically, the legacy is a kaleidoscope of conflicting (and sometimes overlapping) visions. And after three millennia of imagining utopia, it is almost impossible for Jews to respond to Israel's realities without being influenced--even unconsciously--by these images. Charting the place of utopian thought in Judaism, Rosenstein then illustrates, with original texts, diverse utopian visions of the Jewish state: Torah state (Yavetz), holy community (based on nostalgic memories of the medieval community), national-cultural home (Lewinsky), "normal" state (Herzl), socialist paradise (Syrkin), anarchy (Jabotinsky), and a polity defined by Israel's historic or divinely ordained borders. Analyzing how these disparate utopian visions collide in Israel's attempts to chart policy and practice regarding the Sabbath, social welfare, immigration, developing versus conserving the land, and the Israel-Diaspora relationship yields novel perspectives on contemporary flashpoints. His own utopian vision offers a further entryway for both Israelis and Diaspora Jews into more informed and nuanced conversations about the "Jewish state."

Author : Ilana Abramovitch
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584650034
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews of Brooklyn written by Ilana Abramovitch and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 historians, folklorists, and ordinary Brooklyn Jews present a vivid, living record of this astonishing cultural heritage. 150 illustrations. Map.

Author : Paul Azous
Publisher : Mazo Pub
ISBN 13 : 9789657344101
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Plains of the Wilderness written by Paul Azous and published by Mazo Pub. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Plains of the Wilderness presents a fresh picture to understanding the trends and events in the modern Jewish world by examining significant episodes of Jewish history. Paul Azous documents the Jews' transition from culture to culture, traversing through the wilderness, and supports his research with more than 800 annotations. Although Jewish history is long and detailed, and reconstructing and elucidating each time period would normally require a vast work of its own, the author has successfully culled the key events of the past 3,000 years to form a cohesive and thorough analysis of the modern era of Jewish history. Whether you are an educator examining new source material to introduce, or an individual seeking a straightforward approach to understanding your cultural and religious heritage, In The Plains Of The Wilderness will bring forth a clarity of history rarely grasped so quickly. "A very readable survey of the major turning points and influential personalities in modern Jewish history...and the present state of Jews and Judaism." Rabbi Dr. Alex Jassen, Center for Jewish Studies University of Minnesota