Galut : modern Jewish reflection on homelessness and homecoming / Arnold M. Eisen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisen, Arnold M., 1951-

Series:

Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)

The Modern Jewish experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish diaspora.

Judaism--Doctrines.

Judaism.

Zionism--Philosophy.

Zionism.

Israel and the diaspora.

Physical Description:

xx, 233 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1986]

Summary:

Pt. 1 deals with biblical and rabbinic texts on exile and relations with non-Jews. Pt. 2 deals with Zionism and the views of thinkers such as Herzl, Jacob Klatzkin, and Yehezkel Kaufmann, who believed that secular messianism would solve the "Jewish question" and tended to view antisemitism as a natural response to the Jewish refusal to assimilate. Examines changes in the perception of Jewish history as a result of the Holocaust and the establishment of the State of Israel. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).

Contents:

Part One

I. Not yet home: Genesis

II. Imagining home: Deuteronomy

III. Homeless at home and abroad: Avodah Zarah

Part Two

IV. Homecoming: the revival of the spirit

V. Homecoming: the resurrection of the body politic

VI. Between homecoming and redemption

VII. Between homeland and Diaspora

Conclusion: "K," "Pariah," Zionist, Jew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Thought, Winner, 1987

Other Format:

Online version: Eisen, Arnold M., 1951- Galut.

ISBN:

0253325501

9780253325501

OCLC:

13125032