Perceptions of Jewish History"Perceptions of Jewish History scintillates with original ideas and insights. It will appeal to a broad audience." --Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame "Students of the Jewish past will welcome this volume; it will also attract readers with the widest possible range of interests." --Robert Chazan, New York University This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994. "Perceptions of Jewish History scintillates with original ideas and insights. It will appeal to a broad audience." --Michael A. Signer, University of Notre Dame "Students of the Jewish past will welcome this volume; it will also attract readers with the |
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... midrash provided a paradigm for completely ahis- torical interpretations , a modicum of historical awareness existed none- 29. In the introduction to his commentary of the Book of Chronicles , he explains why they omit continuous ...
... midrash provided a paradigm for completely ahis- torical interpretations , a modicum of historical awareness existed none- 29. In the introduction to his commentary of the Book of Chronicles , he explains why they omit continuous ...
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... midrash . At any rate , in the history of Zionism and the Jewish settlement of Palestine , historiogra- phy likewise reflected the accepted norms and ideals of the society it served . This is not meant to deny the critical role of the ...
... midrash . At any rate , in the history of Zionism and the Jewish settlement of Palestine , historiogra- phy likewise reflected the accepted norms and ideals of the society it served . This is not meant to deny the critical role of the ...
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... midrash states : " Seven enveloped the whole world . Methuselah saw Adam ; Shem saw Methuselah ; Jacob saw Shem ; Amram saw Jacob ; Ahia the Silonite saw Amram ; Elijah saw Ahia the Silonite and he is still living . 28 member that in ...
... midrash states : " Seven enveloped the whole world . Methuselah saw Adam ; Shem saw Methuselah ; Jacob saw Shem ; Amram saw Jacob ; Ahia the Silonite saw Amram ; Elijah saw Ahia the Silonite and he is still living . 28 member that in ...
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Contents
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Biblical and Postbiblical Perceptions of History | 48 |
The Historical Novel as Reflexive Literature | 55 |
The Apocalyptic Mentality | 68 |
Medieval Exegesis and Historical Consciousness | 86 |
Haskala History and the Medieval Tradition | 232 |
The Modernization of Western European Jews | 245 |
Franz Rosenzweig and the End of GermanJewish Philosophy | 255 |
Urformell and Urzelle | 258 |
Hermann Cohen and His Legacy | 268 |
Rosenzweig on the Destiny of Judaism | 289 |
Theological Responses to the Holocaust | 304 |
The Holocaust as Punishment and Signal | 305 |
Nachmanidess Reading of the Biblical Narrative | 96 |
Gersonidess Biblical Commentary | 119 |
Law Philosophy and Historical Awareness | 129 |
The Image of the Ruler in Jewish Sources | 153 |
Polemics Responses and SelfReflection | 167 |
Changes in Christian AntiJewish Polemics in the Twelfth Century | 170 |
Responses to Adversity | 199 |
History Apologetics and Humanism | 206 |
The Threshold of Modernity | 218 |
AntiJudaism and AntiSemitism | 309 |
The Dialectical Theology of Meaninglessness | 327 |
Zionism Science and History | 336 |
The Three Aspects | 338 |
Two Images of Humanity | 345 |
Bibliography | 349 |
Index | 373 |
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