History, Memory, and Jewish Identity:

This volume takes a fresh view of the role representations of the past play in the construction of Jewish identity. Its central theme is that the study of how Jews construct the past can help in interpreting how they understand the nature of their Jewishness. The individual chapters illuminate the w...

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Weitere Verfasser: DiTommaso, Lorenzo (HerausgeberIn), Robinson, Ira (HerausgeberIn), S. Cohn, Naftali (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2015]
Schriftenreihe:North American Jewish Studies
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Zusammenfassung:This volume takes a fresh view of the role representations of the past play in the construction of Jewish identity. Its central theme is that the study of how Jews construct the past can help in interpreting how they understand the nature of their Jewishness. The individual chapters illuminate the ways in which Jews responded to and made use of the past. If Jews’ choices of what to include, emphasize, omit, and invent in their representation of the past is a fundamental variable, then this volume contributes to the creation of a more nuanced approach to the construction of the histories of Jews and their thought
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (390 pages)
ISBN:9781618114754
DOI:10.1515/9781618114754

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