The Jewish contribution to civilization : reassessing an idea /

Offering a broad spectrum of academic opinion, this book explores the centrality of the question in modern Jewish history and culture and for modern Jewish studies.

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Other Authors: Cohen, Jeremy, 1953- (Editor), Cohen, Richard I. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with the Liverpool University Press, [2012]
Series:Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part I Formulating The Question -- 1. 'Jewish Contribution to Civilization' and its Implications for Notions of 'Jewish Superiority' in the Modern Period -- 2. Discourses of Civilization: The Shifting Course of a Modern Jewish Motif -- 3. From Counterculture to Subculture to Multiculture: The 'Jewish Contribution' Then and Now -- Part II Judaism And Other Cultures -- 4. Day of Gladness or Day of Madness? Modern Discussions of the Ancient Sabbath 
505 8 |a 5. The 'Jewish Contribution' to Christianity -- 6. Judaism, Islam, and Hellenism: The Conflict in Germany over the Origins of Kultur -- 7. From Sephardi to Oriental: The 'Decline' Theory of Jewish Civilization in the Middle East and North Africa -- Part III Jews, Germans, Americans -- 8. From Admission Ticket to Contribution: Remarks on the History of an Apologetic Argument -- 9. German-Jewish Literature and Culture and the Field of German-Jewish Studies -- 10. Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan, and American 'Jewish Contributions to Civilization' -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index 
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