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Perceptions of Jewish History / Amos Funkenstein.
De Gruyter University of California Press eBook-Package Archive Pre-2000 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Funkenstein, Amos, author.
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Historiography.
- Jews.
- Jews--History--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 390 p. )
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1993]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Perceptions of Jewish History scintillates with original ideas and insights. It will appeal to a broad audience."--Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame "Students of the Jewish past will welcome this volume; it will also attract readers with the widest possible range of interests."--Robert Chazan, New York University.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History, counterhistory, and narrative
- 3. Biblical and postbiblical perceptions of history
- 4. Medieval exegesis and historical consciousness
- 5. Law, philosophy, and historical awareness
- 6. Polemics, responses, and self-reflection
- 7. The threshold of modernity
- 8. Franz Rosenzweig and the end of German-Jewish philosophy
- 9. Theological responses to the holocaust
- 10. Zionism, science, and history
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-373) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780520912199
- 0520912195
- 9780585176550
- 0585176558
- OCLC:
- 1163878747
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