The Jewish world : revelation, prophecy and history /
A main concern of the volume is to articulate Jewish history in its own terms, to show how this ancient human group has tried to respond to the extremely varied conditions and challenges, whether political, social or intellectual, which it has encountered in its long history. No previous book has at...
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London :
Thames and Hudson,
1979
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Table of Contents:
- I A People and a Book 12
- 1 Pre-Exilic Jewry / H. W. F. Saggs 37
- 2 The Bible / Hyam Maccoby 52
- II The Making of Jewry 68
- 3 The Jews and the Great Powers of the Ancient World / Zvi Yavetz 89
- 4 The Talmud / Jacob Neusner 108
- 5 The Ritual and Music of the Synagogue / Amnon Shiloah 120
- III Diaspora: Jews Under Christianity and Islam 128
- 6 The Jews in Spain / Haim Beinart 161
- 7 The Jews in Byzantium and Medieval Europe / A. Grossman 168
- 8 The Jews under Islam
- 6th--16th centuries / Shelomo Dov Goitein 178
- c. 1500--today / Amnon Cohen 186
- IV The Inner World 192
- 9 Jewish Philosophy / Arthur Hyman 209
- 10 Jewish Mysticism / R. J. Zwi Werblowsky 217
- 11 The Jews and the Enlightenment / S. Ettinger 224
- V Tradition and Change 232
- 12 Jewish Literature
- Fiction / Ezra Spicehandler 253
- Poetry / T. Carmi 258
- 13 European Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries / Lionel Kochan 264
- 14 American Jewry / Oscar Handlin 274
- VI The Modern World: Constraint and Options 284
- 15 Judaism and Modernity / Arthur Hertzberg 301
- 16 Zionism and Israel / David Vital 309
- Introduction / Elie Kedourie
- I. A people and a book
- Pre-exilic Jewry / H.W.F. Saggs
- The Bible / Hyam Maccoby
- II. The making of Jewry
- The Jews and the great powers of the ancient world / Zvi Yavetz
- The Talmud / Jacob Neusner
- The ritual and music of the synagogue / Anmon Shiloah
- III. Diaspora : Jews under Christianity and Islam
- The Jews in Spain / Haim Beinart
- The Jews in Byzantium and medieval Europe / A. Grossman
- The Jews under Islam 6th-16th centuries / Shelomo Dov Goitein
- c. 1500-today / Amnon Cohen
- IV. The inner world
- Jewish philosophy / Arthur Hyman
- Jewish mysticism / R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
- The Jews and the Enlightenment / S. Ettinger
- V. Tradition and change
- Jewish literature-fiction / Ezra Spicehandler
- Poetry / T. Carmi
- European Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries / Lionel Kochan
- American Jewry / Oscar Handlin
- VI. The modern world : constraint and options
- Judaism and modernity / Arthur Hertzberg
- Zionism and Israel / David Vital
- Introduction / Elie Kedourie
- I.A people and a book
- Pre-exilic Jewry / H.W.F. Saggs
- The Bible / Hyam Maccoby
- II. The making of Jewry
- The Jews and the great powers of the ancient world / Zvi Yavetz
- The Talmud / Jacob Neusner
- The ritual and music of the synagogue / Anmon Shiloah
- III. Diaspora : Jews under Christianity and Islam
- The Jews in Spain / Haim Beinart
- The Jews in Byzantium and medieval Europe / A. Grossman
- The Jews under Islam 6th-16th centuries / Shelomo Dov Goitein
- c. 1500-today / Amnon Cohen
- IV. The inner world
- Jewish philosophy / Arthur Hyman
- Jewish mysticism / R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
- The Jews and the Enlightenment / S. Ettinger
- V. Tradition and change
- Jewish literature-fiction / Ezra Spicehandler
- Poetry / T. Carmi
- European Jewry in the 19th and 20th centuries / Lionel Kochan
- American Jewry / Oscar Handlin
- VI. The modern world : constraint and options
- Judaism and modernity / Arthur Hertzberg
- Zionism and Israel / David Vital