The Faith of Fallen Jews: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi and the Writing of Jewish History (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611684870 ISBN 13: 9781611684872

Publisher: Brandeis University Press, 2013

Synopsis

From his first book, From Spanish Court to Italian Ghetto, to his well-known volume on Jewish memory, Zakhor, to his treatment of Sigmund Freud in Freud’s Moses, Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (1932–2009) earned recognition as perhaps the greatest Jewish historian of his day, whose scholarship blended vast erudition, unfettered creativity, and lyrical beauty. This volume charts his intellectual trajectory by bringing together a mix of classic and lesser-known essays from the whole of his career. The essays in this collection, representative of the range of his writing, acquaint the reader with his research on early modern Spanish Jewry and the experience of crypto-Jews, varied reflections on Jewish history and memory, and Yerushalmi’s enduring interest in the political history of the Jews. Also included are a number of little-known autobiographical recollections, as well as his only published work of fiction.

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About the Author

David N. Myers is the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Distinguished Professor of Jewish History at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he serves as the director of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute. He is the author and editor of many books, including, with Nomi Stolzenberg, American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611684870
• ISBN 13: 9781611684872
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Myers David N., Kaye Alexander