Jews and Judaism in World History

ISBN-13: 9780415462044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 258 str.

Howard N. Lupovitch

Opis

Jews and Judaism in World History is a survey of the history of the Jewish people from biblical antiquity to the present.

The book opens with a broad introduction which looks at questions of terminology and definition, the relationship of Jewish and non-Jewish society, assimilation, the expansion of rabbinic Judaism into a way of life, Jewish identity and diversity. Eleven chapters then each outline a different stage across Jewish history.

Jews and Judaism in World History presents Jewish history not simply as the history of Judaism, but also as the development of a social structure, polity, and a culture with religious and non-religious dimensions. It captures both the diverse political, social, and cultural contexts in which Jewish history unfolded and the continuities that traversed the Jewish world from Persia to the Pacific. Incorporating and engaging with the most up to date scholarship and exploring overarching themes in a broad, comparative context, Howard N. Lupovitch demonstrates the intimate and inexorable nexus between Jewish and World History.

Recenzje

'Recommended' – Choice

'...a welcome and helpful introduction for the non-specialist.' – Journal of Jewish Studies

Spis treści

Introduction: Dimensions of Jewish History  1. The World of the Hebrew Bible  2. The Challenge of Hellenism  3. The Rise of Rabbinic Judaism  4. The Jews of Islam  5. The Jews of Medieval Christendom  6. World Jewry in Flux, 1450–1750  7. The Age of Enlightenment and Emancipation  8. Anti-Semitism and Jewish Responses, 1870–1914  9. Renewal and Devastation, 1918–1945  10. The Post-War World.  Conclusion.  Bibliographic Essay: Suggestions for Further Reading

O autorze

Howard N. Lupovitch is theWaks Family Associate Professor of Jewish History at the University of Western Ontario.He is the author of Jews at the Crossroads: Tradition and Accommodation during the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility (2007)