Judaism in Modern Times - An Introduction and Reader

Informationen zum Autor Jacob Neusner is Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College and Senior Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Theology at Bard. He has published more than 900 books and unnumbered articles! both scholarly and academic and popular and journalistic! and is the most published humanities scholar in the world. He has been awarded nine honorary degrees! including seven US and European honorary doctorates. He received his AB from Harvard College in 1953! his PhD from Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary in 1961! and rabbinical ordination and the degree of Master of Hebrew Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960. Neusner is editor of the 'Encyclopedia of Judaism' (Brill! 1999. I-III) and its Supplements; Chair of the Editorial Board of 'The Review of Rabbinic Judaism!' and Editor in Chief of 'The Brill Reference Library of Judaism'! both published by E. J. Brill! Leiden! The Netherlands. He is editor of 'Studies in Judaism'! University Press of America. Neusner resides with his wife in Rhinebeck! New York. They have a daughter! three sons and three daughters-in-law! six granddaughters and two grandsons. Klappentext This book provides an introduction to Judaism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for all students of Judaism and world religions, and covers major movements that have been developed. Written by a leading teacher and researcher, each chapter features a clear and authoritative introduction to its subject, accompanied by a reading by a specialist in the particular field. Illustrating the story of religious life in modern times, modern Judaism over the past two centuries has had to answer two urgent questions: how should Jews live among gentiles? And, is it possible to live among gentiles? By choice Jews had for centuries lived segregated lives, but in modern times many wished to integrate themselves into the politics and culture of the countries where they lived, whilst at the same time to retaining their enduring faith. This book provides an introduction to six integrationist Judaisms - religious systems that appeal to Scripture and set forth a way of life, world view and definition of who and what is 'Israel'. The three nineteenth century Judaisms - Reform, which in turn provoked the development of integrationist Orthodoxy as well as the mediating Conservative Judaism - dealt with the issue of how Jews could live by their faith but also within their national community, whether in Europe or the USA. The three twentieth century Judaisms treated here - Zionism, Jewish Socialism and Yiddishism, and the American Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption - responded to the crisis of political and racial anti-Semitism with messages on how, where, and under what conditions in the social order Jews can live at all. The book concludes with an examination of what we can learn about religious experience in general from the case of Judaism. Zusammenfassung This book provides an introduction to Judaism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for all students of Judaism and world religions! and covers major movements that have been developed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. Letter to the Student. Introduction: What do we mean by "Judaism" And By "Modern Times"?. Part I: The Nineteenth Century: . 1. The Challenge of the Secular Age: Segregation or Integration and Three Integrationist Judaisms. 2. Reform Judaism. 3. Orthodox Judaism. 4. Conservative Judaism. Part II: The Twentieth Century:. 5. The Challenge of the "Post-Christian" Century and the Response of Three "Post-Christian" Judaisms. 6. Zionism. 7. Jewish Socialism and Yiddishism. 8. American Judaism of Holocaust and Redemption. Epilogue. 9. What do we learn about religion from Judaism in Modern Times?. Index. ...

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• Autori: Neusner, Jacob Neusner, Jacob (Bard College Neusner, Jacob (Research Professor of Religion and Neusner
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.1995
• EAN: 9781557866844
• ISBN: 978-1-55786-684-4
• Pagine: 272
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Ebraismo