Routledge Jewish Studies Series

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1. The European Jews, Patriotism and the Liberal State 1789-1939

   A Study of Literature and Social Psychology

   By David Aberbach

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The fragility of the liberal democratic state after 1789 is illustrated in the history of the European Jews from the French Revolution to the Holocaust. Emancipation and hope of emancipation amongst the European Jewish population created a plethora of Jewish identities and forms of patriotism....

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Modern Gnosis and Zionism

   The Crisis of Culture, Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought

   By Yotam Hotam

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment, and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical ‘cultural crisis’. One response to this crisis was the emergence of ‘Life...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Israeli Holocaust Research

   Birth and Evolution

   By Boaz Cohen

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   An exploration of the development of Holocaust research in Israel, this book ranges from the consolidation of Holocaust research as an academic subject in the late 1940s to the establishment of Yad Vashem and beyond. Research on the story of historiography is often a work on books, on the "final...

   Published September 26th 2012 by Routledge
4. Rabbinic Theology and Jewish Intellectual History

   The Great Rabbi Loew of Prague

   Edited by Meir Seidler

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   Rabbi Loew (the Maharal) of Prague remains one of the most influential and prolific Jewish thinkers of his time. Widely considered one of the fathers of Hassidic thought and a harbinger of Modern Jewish philosophy, his life and work have retained their influence and remain prevalent today. Adopting...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
5. God, Jews and the Media

   Religion and Israel’s Media

   By Yoel Cohen

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   In order to understand contemporary Jewish identity in the twenty-first century, one needs to look beyond the Synagogue, the holy days and Jewish customs and law to explore such modern phenomena as mass media and their impact upon Jewish existence. This book delves into the complex relationship...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
6. Jesus among the Jews

   Representation and Thought

   Edited by Neta Stahl

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   For almost two thousand years, various images of Jesus accompanied Jewish thought and imagination: a flesh-and-blood Jew, a demon, a spoiled student, an idol, a brother, a (failed) Messiah, a nationalist rebel, a Greek god in Jewish garb, and more. This volume charts for the first time the...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. War and Peace in Jewish Tradition

   From the Biblical World to the Present

   Edited by Yigal Levin, Amnon Shapira

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The transition between the reality of war and a hope for peace has accompanied the Jewish people since biblical times. However, the ways in which both concepts are understood have changed many times over the ages, and both have different implications for an independent nation in its own land than...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
8. The Hidden Philosophy of Hannah Arendt

   By Margaret Betz Hull

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The central argument of this book is that Hannah Arendt's deserved place in the history of Western philosophy has been overlooked, and recognition of her contribution is long overdue. In part a result of Arendt's own insistence on calling herself a 'political thinker' throughout her career, this is...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
9. On Liberty

   Jewish Philosophical Perspectives

   By Daniel Frank

   Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

   The communitarian critic of liberalism argues that the socio-political context is fundamental to any understanding of the individual as such. This debate is advanced by particularising it to the experience of Jews in the modern world. Essays focus on the variety of views of the relationships...

   Published September 29th 2011 by Routledge
10. The Holocaust and Representations of Jews

    History and Identity in the Museum

    By K. Hannah Holtschneider

    Series: Routledge Jewish Studies Series

    The Holocaust and Representations of Jews examines how prominent national exhibitions in Europe represent the Jewish minority and its cultural and religious self-understandings, historically and today, in particular in the context of the Holocaust. Insights from the New Museology are brought to...

    Published July 4th 2011 by Routledge