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Shuva : the future of the Jewish past / Yehuda Kurtzer.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 168 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781611682328
  • 1611682320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: ShuvaDDC classification:
  • 296.09 23
LOC classification:
  • BM157
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction : from memory to history -- Mitzvah : memory as commandedness -- Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment -- Ahavah : love as desire and purpose -- Hurban : cataclysm and creativity -- Teshuva : returning as reimagining -- Enlightenment : a parable -- Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?.
Summary: Annotation Modern Jews tend to relate to the past through "history," which relies on empirical demonstration and rational thought, rather than through "memory," which relies on the non-rational architectures of mythology. By now "history" has surpassed "memory" as a means of relating to the past--a development that falls short in building identity and creates disconnection between Jews and their collective history. Kurtzer seeks to mend this breach. Drawing on key classical texts, he shows that "history" and "memory" are not exclusive and that the perceived dissonance between them can be healed by a selective reclamation of the past and a translation of that past into purposefulness.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)447951

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : from memory to history -- Mitzvah : memory as commandedness -- Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment -- Ahavah : love as desire and purpose -- Hurban : cataclysm and creativity -- Teshuva : returning as reimagining -- Enlightenment : a parable -- Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?.

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Annotation Modern Jews tend to relate to the past through "history," which relies on empirical demonstration and rational thought, rather than through "memory," which relies on the non-rational architectures of mythology. By now "history" has surpassed "memory" as a means of relating to the past--a development that falls short in building identity and creates disconnection between Jews and their collective history. Kurtzer seeks to mend this breach. Drawing on key classical texts, he shows that "history" and "memory" are not exclusive and that the perceived dissonance between them can be healed by a selective reclamation of the past and a translation of that past into purposefulness.