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Perceptions of Jewish History
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"Perceptions of Jewish History scintillates with original ideas and insights. It will appeal to a broad audience." --Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame "Students of the Jewish past will welcome this volume; it will also attract readers with the widest possible range of interests." --Robert Chazan, New York University This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.
"Perceptions of Jewish History scintillates with original ideas and insights. It will appeal to a broad audience." --Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame "Students of the Jewish past will welcome this volume; it will also attract readers with the
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents 1
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 History, Counterhistory, and Narrative
- 3 Biblical and Postbiblical Perceptions of History
- 4 Medieval Exegesis and Historical Consciousness
- 5 Law, Philosophy, and Historical Awareness
- 6 Polemics, Responses, and Self-Reflection
- 7 The Threshold of Modernity
- 8 Franz Rosenzweig and the End of German-Jewish Philosophy
- 9 Theological Responses to the Holocaust
- 10 Zionism, Science, and History
- Bibliography
- Index