Essays in Jewish Historiography
Author: Ada Rapoport-Albert
Publisher: Studies in the History of Juda
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An important collection of essays in the study of jewish history.
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History and Jewish Historians
Judaism Within Modernity
Author: Michael A. Meyer
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780814328743
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of articles, most of them published previously. The following deal with antisemitism:
Jewish History
The Structure of Jewish History, and Other Essays
Jewish History and Jewish Memory
Author: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780874518719
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Publication of Yosef Yerushalmi's Zakhor in 1982 inspired a generation of scholarly inquiry into historical images and myths, the construction of the Jewish past, and the making and meaning of collective memory. Here, eminent scholars in their respective fields extend the lines of his seminal study into topics that range from medieval rabbinics, homiletics, kabbalah, and Hasidism to antisemitism, Zionism, and the making of modern Jewish identity. Essays are clustered around four central themes: historical consciousness and the construction of memory; the relationship between time and history in Jewish thought; the demise of traditional forms of collective memory; and the writing of Jewish history in modern times.
Essays in Modern Jewish History
Author: Phyllis Cohen Albert
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780838630952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A diverse collection of essays studying Jewish communities before, during, and after their emergence into a modern, emancipated status. A fitting tribute to an outstanding sociologist and scholar.
Essays in Jewish Historiography
Coming to Terms with America
Author: Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2021-09
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0827618794
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Coming to Terms with America examines how Jews have long “straddled two civilizations,” endeavoring to be both Jewish and American at once, from the American Revolution to today. In fifteen engaging essays, Jonathan D. Sarna investigates the many facets of the Jewish-American encounter—what Jews have borrowed from their surroundings, what they have resisted, what they have synthesized, and what they have subverted. Part I surveys how Jews first worked to reconcile Judaism with the country’s new democratic ethos and to reconcile their faith-based culture with local metropolitan cultures. Part II analyzes religio-cultural initiatives, many spearheaded by women, and the ongoing tensions between Jewish scholars (who pore over traditional Jewish sources) and activists (who are concerned with applying them). Part III appraises Jewish-Christian relations: “collisions” within the public square and over church-state separation. Originally written over the span of forty years, many of these essays are considered classics in the field, and several remain fixtures of American Jewish history syllabi. Others appeared in fairly obscure venues and will be discovered here anew. Together, these essays—newly updated for this volume—cull the finest thinking of one of American Jewry’s finest historians.
Mediating Modernity
Author: Lauren B. Strauss
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780814333952
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A landmark collection of essays by prominent academics in modern Jewish and German-Jewish history, honoring Michael A. Meyer, a pioneer in those fields. In Mediating Modernity, contemporary Jewish scholars pay tribute to Michael A. Meyer, scholar of German-Jewish history and the history of Reform Judaism, with a collection of essays that highlight growing diversity within the discipline of Jewish studies. The occasion of Meyer's seventieth birthday has served as motivation for his colleagues Lauren B. Strauss and Michael Brenner to compile this volume, with essays by twenty-four leading academics, representing institutions in five countries. Mediating Modernity is introduced by an overview of modern Jewish historiography, largely drawing on Meyer's work in that field, delineating important connections between the writing of history and the environment in which it is written. Meyer's own areas of specialization are reflected in essays on Moses Mendelssohn, German-Jewish historiography, the religious and social practices of German Jews, Reform Judaism, and various Jewish communities in America. The volume's field of inquiry is broadened by essays that deal with gender issues, literary analysis, and the historical relationship of Israel and the Palestinians. Though other volumes have been compiled to honor Jewish historians, Mediating Modernity is unique in the personal and intellectual relationships shared by its contributors and Michael A. Meyer. Scholars of Jewish studies, German history, and religious history will appreciate this timely volume.
