Modern Varieties of Judaism (Paper)

Erscheinungsjahr 1972
ISBN: 978-0-231-08668-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 217 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 133 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: American Lectures on the History of Religions

In the sphere of religion Dr. Blau describes the adjustments that Judaism has made in the past two centuries adjustments that allow both change and continuity within an age-old tradition. He deals in order of their emergence with the religion's major branches (Reform, Neo-Orthodox, and Conservative) and appraises the Zionist movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blau, Joseph Leon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Emancipation and the Birth of Modern Judaism2. The Initial Response: Reform Judaism in Europe and America3. Reformulating Jewish Orthodoxy: Samson Raphael Hirsch and His Successors4. The Complex Phenomenon of Conservative Judaism5. Zionism: From Religious Nationalism to National Religion6. Was Emancipation a Mistake? Mid-Twentieth-Century Appraisals

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph L. Blau is the author or editor of many books, including The Jews of the United States, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (3 volumes, 1964), which he edited jointly with Salo. W. Baron.