Understanding Jewish History: Texts and Commentaries - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881255548 ISBN 13: 9780881255546

Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc, 1997

Synopsis

In this lucid tour of the Jewish experience from biblical to post-Holocaust times, Bayme (social work, Yeshiva U.; National Director, Jewish Communal Affairs of the American Jewish Committee) highlights the primary shaping events, ideas, and texts fostering continuity of the Judaic heritage. The author concludes with a synopsis of ongoing Jewish challenges (e.g. the territorial imperative of Israel in the context of the diaspora), and a look at future trends. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

Steven Bayme holds the rank of Adjunct Professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University.

Reviews

Bayme, a professor at Yeshiva University, has written a guide to all facets of the Jewish historical experience--cultural, religious, political, and social. The book is organized into 34 chapters, each covering a different aspect of Jewish history, from ancient through modern times. Following Bayme's text in each chapter is a brief related piece by a universally recognized author--Josephus, Maimonides, Gershom Scholem, and Spinoza, for example--or from such works as the Bible, the Talmud, and the Zohar. Bayme's subjects include creation and covenant, destruction and exile, medieval Jewish philosophy and mysticism, the Crusades and the Jews, Hasidism, Reform Judaism, neoorthodoxy, modern anti-Semitism, Jewish settlements in America, Conservative Judaism and reconstructionism, the Holocaust, and Israel and world Jewry. Stimulating reading and an invaluable outpouring of learning. George Cohen

Edition details

• Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881255548
• ISBN 13: 9780881255546
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Bayme Steven