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68 results in Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

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Athens in Jerusalem
  • Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew
  • Yaacov Shavit
  • Translated by Chaya Naor, Niki Werner
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    04 July 2019
    Print publication:
    01 October 1997
  • According to the author the Hellenistic tradition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to draw upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture. The author believes that Greek and Hellenistic concepts are now internalised by the Jewish people '.

The Golden Age of Aragonese Jewry
  • Community and Society in the Crown of Aragon, 1213–1327
  • Yom Tov Assis
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    09 July 2019
    Print publication:
    01 July 1997
  • 'An essential book for anyone interested in Jewish life in medieval Spain, or in medieval Europe.' Elka Klein, Medieval Review

Hasidism Reappraised
  • Edited by Ada Rapoport-Albert
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    03 December 2019
    Print publication:
    01 July 1996
  • This volume is arranged under seven headings: the social history of Hasidism; the social functions of the mystical ideals; distinctive schools of thought within Hasidism; the Hasidic tale; the history of Hasidic historiography; contemporary Hasidism; and present research on Hasidism.

Love, Work, and Death
  • Jewish Life in Medieval Umbria
  • Ariel Toaff
  • Translated by Judith Landry
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    28 November 2019
    Print publication:
    01 June 1996
  • Umbria was an important geographical and political entity in Italy during the late Middle Ages and was always linked to the Papal State. This text considers the place of the Jews in the religious, social and economic context of the region and discusses their mentality and family life.

Turn Aside from Evil and Do Good
  • An Introduction and a Way to the Tree of Life
  • Zevi Hirsch Eichenstein
  • Edited by Louis Jacobs
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    27 November 2019
    Print publication:
    01 May 1995
  • A guide to would-be hasidic kabbalists on how to live a holy life, this work conveys the full flavour of the hasidic approach to kabbalism. Comprehensive and accessible scholarly annotations elucidate the kabbalistic ideas and imagery and clarify the sources to which the author refers. This masterpiece will be of interest to anyone interested in hasidism and Jewish mysticism or the religious way of life and its social history.

One People?
  • Tradition, Modernity, and Jewish Unity
  • Jonathan Sacks
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    27 November 2019
    Print publication:
    01 March 1993
  • One People? is the first book-length study of the major problem confronting the Jewish future: the availability or otherwise of a way of mending the schisms between Reform and Orthodox Judaism, between religious and secular Jews in Israel, and between Israel itself and the diaspora—all of which have been deepened by the fierce and continuing controversy over the question of ‘who is a Jew?’ One People? is a study of the background to this and related controversies. It traces the fragmentation of Jewry in the wake of the Enlightenment, the variety of Orthodox responses to these challenges, and the resources of Jewish tradition for handling diversity. Having set out the background to the intractability of the problems, it ends by examining the possibilities within Jewish thought that might make for convergence and reconciliation. The Chief Rabbi employs a variety of disciplines—history, sociology, theology, and halakhic jurisprudence—to clarify a subject in which these dimensions are inextricably interwoven. He also explores key issues such as the underlying philosophy of Jewish law, and the nature of the collision between tradition and modern consciousness. Written for the general reader as much as the academic one, this is a lucid and thought-provoking presentation of the dilemmas of Jewish Orthodoxy in modernity.

Moses Mendelssohn
  • A Biographical Study
  • Alexander Altmann
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    23 November 2019
    Print publication:
    01 March 1984
  • Professor Altmann quotes widely from personal letters and other contemporary documents in this biographical study of one of the most celebrated figures of the German Enlightenment. A considerable amount of the primary source material is offered in English translation.

Theology and Poetry
  • Studies in the Mediaeval Piyyut
  • Jakob J. Petuchowski
  • Published by:
    Liverpool University Press
    Published online:
    23 November 2019
    Print publication:
    01 September 1978
  • In the Middle Ages, unconventional theological views were often expressed in poetic form. Jakob Petuchowski provides parallel texts of ten medieval theological poems in the standard liturgy that express unconventional and daring theological ideas, each with a commentary on the poem and its author, and a survey of Jewish thought on its particular theme.

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