The Sacred Chain - Norman F. Cantor

the history of the Jews

KORTE INHOUD

CONTENTS
PROLOGUE Writing Jewish History
ONE The Origin of the Jews
TWO The People of the Covenant
THREE Jewish Diversity
FOUR Destruction and Redemption
FIVE Mediterranian Renaissance
SIX Ashkenaz and Sepharad
SEVEN The Jewish Reformation
EIGHT Modernity and Jewish Emancipation
NINE The Response to Modernity and Modernism
TEN The Wall of Hatred
ELEVEN The National Societies
TWELVE The Future of the Jews
Selected Bibliography
Index

"Polemical and stimulating ... an iconoclastic assault on contemporary Jewish self-imagery based on many of the latest academic studies."
(Mark Silk - New York Times Book Review)
"Give Cantor credit for writing lucidly and for not concealing his blases. His book, clearly intended to be provocative, has accomplihed that purpose at least." (Jonathan Groner, Washington Post Book World)
"A penetrating history of Jewish experiences and achievements throughout the ages - one of the most comprehensive and insightful works to be published in its field." (Booklist)
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1995Uitgever: Harper Collins480 paginasTaal: Engels