The uncovered head : Jewish culture: new perspectives /
Itzjaki, Yedidya.
The uncovered head : Jewish culture: new perspectives / Yedidya Itzhaki ; translated by Nahum Steigman. - Newark : Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2011. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
"Surveying the evolution of the Jewish people and its culture and thought throughout the ages, this book describes the momentous results of Jewry's encounter with European Modernism. It traces how, over the last two-and-a-half centuries, pluralism and secularism first took hold in the Jewish world and then expanded until they are now the dominant feature and the driving force in contemporary Judaism. These issues are illuminated with a wide selection of works from the Jewish literature and thought"--Data view. Translated from Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-252) and index.
Introduction -- Identity -- Secular identity -- Jewish identity -- Moving toward Jewish pluralism -- Judaism and Jewry today -- Secular reading of Jewish culture.
Surveying the evolution of the Jewish people and its culture and thought throughout the ages, this book describes the momentous results of Jewry's encounter with European Modernism. It traces how, over the last two-and-a-half centuries, pluralism and secularism first took hold in the Jewish world and then expanded until they are now the dominant feature and the driving force in contemporary Judaism. These issues are illuminated with a wide selection of works from the Jewish literature and thought.
English.
9781611490374 1611490375 1280659874 9781280659874 9786613636805 6613636800
2000-2099
Judaism--21st century.
Jews--Identity.
Religious pluralism--Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.
Juifs--Identité.
Pluralisme théologique--Judaïsme.
Judaïsme orthodoxe--Relations--Judaïsme réformé.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Religious pluralism--Judaism
Interfaith relations--Nontraditional Jews
Jews--Identity
Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
BM45 / .I89 2011eb
296.09/05
The uncovered head : Jewish culture: new perspectives / Yedidya Itzhaki ; translated by Nahum Steigman. - Newark : Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2011. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
"Surveying the evolution of the Jewish people and its culture and thought throughout the ages, this book describes the momentous results of Jewry's encounter with European Modernism. It traces how, over the last two-and-a-half centuries, pluralism and secularism first took hold in the Jewish world and then expanded until they are now the dominant feature and the driving force in contemporary Judaism. These issues are illuminated with a wide selection of works from the Jewish literature and thought"--Data view. Translated from Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-252) and index.
Introduction -- Identity -- Secular identity -- Jewish identity -- Moving toward Jewish pluralism -- Judaism and Jewry today -- Secular reading of Jewish culture.
Surveying the evolution of the Jewish people and its culture and thought throughout the ages, this book describes the momentous results of Jewry's encounter with European Modernism. It traces how, over the last two-and-a-half centuries, pluralism and secularism first took hold in the Jewish world and then expanded until they are now the dominant feature and the driving force in contemporary Judaism. These issues are illuminated with a wide selection of works from the Jewish literature and thought.
English.
9781611490374 1611490375 1280659874 9781280659874 9786613636805 6613636800
2000-2099
Judaism--21st century.
Jews--Identity.
Religious pluralism--Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.
Juifs--Identité.
Pluralisme théologique--Judaïsme.
Judaïsme orthodoxe--Relations--Judaïsme réformé.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Religious pluralism--Judaism
Interfaith relations--Nontraditional Jews
Jews--Identity
Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
BM45 / .I89 2011eb
296.09/05