The Jewish Contribution to Civilization: Reassessing an Idea

by Richard I. Cohen

Book Overview

The biblical idea of a distinct 'Jewish contribution to civilization' continues to engage Jews and non-Jews alike. This book seeks neither to document nor to discredit the notion, but rather to investigate the idea itself as it has been understood from the seventeenth century to the present. It explores the role that the concept has played in Jewish self-definition, how it has influenced the political, social, and cultural history of the Jews and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906764433
• ISBN13: 9781906764432
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"