Rethinking modern Judaism : ritual, commandment, community / Arnold M. Eisen.

Author
Eisen, Arnold M., 1951- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Description
xiii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Chicago studies in the history of Judaism [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Arnold Eisen here calls for a fundamental rethinking of the story of modern Judaism. More than simply a study of Jewish thought on customs and rituals, Rethinking Modern Judaism explores the central role that practice plays in Judaism's encounter with modernity.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-322) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • Part one
    • 1: Founding theories of modernity and the critique of Jewish practice
    • 2: Twentieth-century theories of modernity and the study of Jewish practice
    • 3: The distinctiveness of modern Jewish practice
    • Part two
    • 4: The politics of Jewish ritual observance
    • 5: New reasons for old commandments: the strategy of symbolic explanation
    • 6: Nostalgia as modern Jewish Mitzvah
    • 7: Buber, Rosenzweig, and the authority of the Commandments
    • 8: The reconstruction of Jewish tradition in twentieth-century America
    • Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 0226195287 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780226195285 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780226195292 ((alk. paper))
    • 0226195295 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    97041695
    OCLC
    37721456
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