Creating a Judaism without religion : a postmodern Jewish possibility / S. Daniel Breslauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Breslauer, S. Daniel.

Series:

Studies in Judaism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934.

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism.

Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Judaism.

Postmodernism.

Jews--Intellectual life.

Jews.

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934--Criticism and interpretation.

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman.

Literature, Modern--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Judaism in literature.

Jewish ethics in literature.

Literature, Modern--Jewish authors.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 256 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]

Summary:

This book examines how some modern and contemporary Jewish thinkers and writers have imagined a Judaism without the boundaries and restrictions that go by the name of "religion." The book offers scholarly insights into some Jewish thinkers notably Martin Buber and Eugene Borowitz, some Jewish writers in particular the poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik and the Yiddish author I.L. Peretz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index.

ISBN:

076182104X

OCLC:

47705469