Suchergebnisse

Writing Jewish history in the postmodern climate -- Some a-priori issues in Jewish historiography -- The postmodern period in Jewish history -- Hybrid with what?: The relationship between Jewish culture and other people's cultures -- The Jewish contribution to (multicultural) civilization -- Prolegomenon to the study of Jewish cultural history -- Methodological hybridity: the art of Jewish historiography and the methods of folklore -- Jewish women's history: first steps and a false start: the case of Jacob Katz -- Jewish history and postmodernity: challenge and rapprochement

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I: Methods and Perspectives -- Chapter 1. Making Jews Modern: Jewish Self-Identification and West European Categories of Belonging -- Chapter 2. The Legitimization of the Diaspora Experience -- Chapter 3. The Englishness of Jewish Modernity in England -- Chapter 4. Welcoming Ex-Jews into the Jewish Historiographical Fold -- Part II: Comparisons -- Chapter 5. The Social and Political Context of Conversion in Germany and England: 1870-1914

"Examining the entire span of Jewish history through the lens of thirty pivotal moments in the Jewish people's experience from biblical times through the present, Turning Points in Jewish History provides "the big picture": both a broad and a deep understanding of the Jewish historical experience"--

In this illuminating history, Dan Cohn-Sherbok traces the development of Jewish history from ancient times to the present day. Containing over 100 maps and 30 photographs, this is a comprehensive atlas of Jewish history designed for students and the general reader. It is ideally suited for those courses in Jewish or Biblical Studies, serving as a handy reference guide as well as a textbook

Evyatar Friesel: "Atlas of Modern Jewish History". Oxford University Press, Oxford 1990. 159 S., Abb., geb., 25,- Pfund