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Rethinking modern Judaism : ritual, commandment, community / Arnold M. Eisen.
Author
Eisen, Arnold M., 1951-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Description
xiii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
BM195 .E37 1998
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Judaism
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History
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Modern period, 1750-
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Commandments (Judaism)
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History of doctrines
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Series
Chicago studies in the history of Judaism
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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.
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ISBN
0226195287 ((alk. paper))
9780226195285 ((alk. paper))
9780226195292 ((alk. paper))
0226195295 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
97041695
OCLC
37721456
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