Turning Points in Jewish Intellectual History

by David Aberbach

Book Overview

This book analyzes major transformations in Jewish life and thought: from idolatry to exclusive monotheism in the biblical age, from state-based identity to cultural nationalism in the Roman empire; and, in the European Diaspora, from theology to secularism and revived political nationalism in the modern period. Fundamental questions are asked about Jewish survival in a variety of topics including prophecy, Jewish law, Midrash, the Roman-Jewish wars,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349513563
• ISBN13: 9781349513567
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"