Yahweh versus Yahweh : the enigma of Jewish history / Jay Y. Gonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gonen, Jay Y., 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God (Judaism).

Messiah--Judaism.

Messiah.

Jews--History.

Jews.

History.

Psychohistory.

Physical Description:

xii, 183 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2005]

Summary:

Yahweh versus Yahweh is a vivid description of how the founding myths of Judaism have conditioned Jewish expectations from history. Jay L. Gonen unveils the collective psychology that underlies Jewish psychohistory. The enigmatic God of Gonen's study brings to the Jewish people periods of construction and bounty but also periods of destruction and hopelessness. This duality, according to Gonen, runs throughout Jewish lore, literature, morality, the Kabbala, and Hassidism. It serves as the unifying factor in Jewish history--as it informed and influenced the establishment of State of Israel, the history and future of Zionism, the debate over the Holocaust, the belief in the coming of the Messiah, and the current conflict in the Middle East.

Contents:

The enigmatic God

When will the Messiah arrive?

Fateful holidays

Love and fear

Bereavement and resurrection

Messianism, Zionism, and Holocaust

Alternatives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-177) and index.

ISBN:

0299203301

OCLC:

55633902