Death and Birth of Judaism: The Impact of Christianity, Secularism, and the Holocaust on Jewish Faith (Studies in the History of Judaism) - Softcover

Neusner, Jacob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555408117 ISBN 13: 9781555408114

Publisher: University of South Florida, 1993

Synopsis

Book by Neusner, Jacob

About this title

About the Author:

Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY.

From Library Journal:

Neusner continues to supply scholars and informed laypersons alike with insightful works on Judaism. His premise here is the question, Why did the Judaism of the Torahi.e., Orthodoxywork when it did, and why did it stop working? His answer is a fascinating discourse on seven new JudaismsConservative, Reform, Revisionist, Jewish Socialism, Yiddishism, Zionism, and the Judaism of Holocaust and Redemptionand the way they fit into contemporary America. Neusner breaks new ground on the influence of the Holocaust on American Jews, speaking of a "re-ethnicization of American life." His conclusion is a surprise: "Today . . . there is a reversion, a re-entry into, that Judaism of the . . . Torah (Orthodoxy) that had so long repelled so many." Gerda Haas, Holocaust Human Rights Ctr. of Maine, Augusta
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About this edition

• Publisher: University of South Florida
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1555408117
• ISBN 13: 9781555408114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 380