Author : Joshua S. Walden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107023459
A global history of Jewish music from the biblical era to the present day, with chapters by leading international scholars.
Author : Marsha Bryan Edelman
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
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ISBN : 9780827610279
Author : Abraham Zebi Idelsohn
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486271477
In this landmark of musical scholarship, the leading 20th-century authority on Jewish music describes and analyzes its elements and characteristics, and chronicles its development from the earliest appearance of Semitic song 2000 years ago to the early 20th century. Liberally illustrating every type of music discussed, the book examines the music as a tonal expression of Judaism, Jewish life and the spiritual aspects of Jewish culture.
Author : Peter Mercer-Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521533423
This book surveys the life, work, and posthumous reception of nineteenth-century German-Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn.
Author : Steven Kepnes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1108244157
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish Theology offers an overview of Jewish theology, an aspect of Judaism that is equal in importance to law and ethics. Covering the period from antiquity to the present, the volume focuses on what Jews believe about God and also about the relation of God to humans and the world. Parts I and II cover exciting new research in Jewish biblical and rabbinic theology, medieval philosophy, Kabbalah (mysticism), and liturgy. Parts III and IV turn to modern theology with an exploration of works by leading figures, such as Rabbi Abraham I. Kook, Franz Rosenzweig, and Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the relation of theology to issues such as feminism and the Holocaust, and the relation of Judaism to other world religions. In Part V, the book explores how the insights of analytic philosophy have been integrated with Jewish theology.
Author : Judith R. Baskin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 14,56 MB
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1316224368
The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture is a comprehensive and engaging overview of Jewish life, from its origins in the ancient Near East to its impact on contemporary popular culture. The twenty-one essays, arranged historically and thematically, and written specially for this volume by leading scholars, examine the development of Judaism and the evolution of Jewish history and culture over many centuries and in a range of locales. They emphasize the ongoing diversity and creativity of the Jewish experience. Unlike previous anthologies, which concentrate on elite groups and expressions of a male-oriented rabbinic culture, this volume also includes the range of experiences of ordinary people and looks at the lives and achievements of women in every place and era. The many illustrations, maps, timeline, and glossary of important terms enhance this book's accessibility to students and general readers.
Author : Hana Wirth-Nesher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 2003-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521796996
For more than two hundred years, Jews have played important roles in the development of American literature. The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature addresses a wide array of themes and approaches to the distinct yet multifaceted body of Jewish American literature. Essays examine writing from the 1700s to major contemporary writers such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Topics covered include literary history, immigration and acculturation, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, popular culture, women writers, literary theory and poetics, multilingualism, the Holocaust, and contemporary fiction. This collection of specially commissioned essays by leading figures discusses Jewish American literature in relation to ethnicity, religion, politics, race, gender, ideology, history, and ethics, and places it in the contexts of both Jewish and American writing. With its chronology and guides to further reading, this volume will prove valuable to scholars and students alike.
Author : Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139827006
This volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the most important and interesting historical and contemporary facets of Judaism in America. Written by twenty-four leading scholars from the fields of religious studies, American history and literature, philosophy, art history, sociology, and musicology, the book adopts an inclusive perspective on Jewish religious experience. Three initial chapters cover the development of Judaism in America from 1654, when Sephardic Jews first landed in New Amsterdam, until today. Subsequent chapters include cutting-edge scholarship and original ideas while remaining accessible at an introductory level. A secondary goal of this volume is to help its readers better understand the more abstract term of 'religion' in a Jewish context. The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism will be of interest not only to scholars but also to all readers interested in social and intellectual trends in the modern world.
Author : Steven Katz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 12,42 MB
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108787657
A History of Anti-Semitism examines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, it covers the long history of antisemitism starting with ancient Greece and Egypt, through the anti-Judaism of early Christianity, and the medieval era in both the Christian and Muslim worlds when Jews were defined as 'outsiders,' especially in Christian Europe. This portrayal often led to violence, notably pogroms that often accompanied Crusades, as well as to libels against Jews. The volume also explores the roles of Luther and the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the debate over Jewish emancipation, Marxism, and the social disruptions after World War 1 that led to the rise of Nazism and genocide. Finally, it considers current issues, including the dissemination of hate on social media and the internet and questions of definition and method.
Author : Daniel H. Frank
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 26,75 MB
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521655743
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