The Talmud and the Internet - A Journey between Worlds

The Talmud and the Internet, in which Jonathan Rosen examines the contradictions of his inheritance as a modern American and a Jew, is a moving and exhilarating meditation on modern technology and ancient religious impulses. Blending memoir, religious history and literary reflection Rosen explores the remarkable parallels between a page of Talmud and the homepage of a web site, and reflects on the contrasting lives and deaths of his American and European grandmothers.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jonathan Rosen is the author of The Talmud and the Internet and the novels Eve's Apple and Joy Comes in the Morning. His essays have appeared in The New York Times and The New Yorker. He is the editorial director of Nextbook.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Rosen
• Verlag: B&T
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780312420178
• ISBN: 978-0-312-42017-8
• Seiten: 132
• Gewicht: 116 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Zweisprachige Ausgaben > Deutsch/Englisch; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV > Datenkommunikation, Netzwerke