Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History

Biale, David

ISBN 10: 0805208410 / ISBN 13: 9780805208412

Verlag: Schocken Books Inc, 1986

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Inhaltsangabe:

WINNER OF THE 1987 JWB NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY

In this radical reinterpretation of Jewish history, David Biale tackles the myth of Jewish political passivity between the fall of an independent Jewish Commonwealth in 70 C.E. and the rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948. He argues that Jews throughout history demonstrated a savvy understanding of political life; they were neither as powerless as the memory of the Holocaust years would suggest nor as powerful as the as the contemporary state of Israel would imply.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: DAVID BIALE is the Koret Associate Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He won the JWB National Jewish Book Award in 1980 for his previous book, Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History
Verlag: Schocken Books Inc
Erscheinungsdatum: 1986
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket