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Memory and History in Christianity and Judaism »

Book cover image of Memory and History in Christianity and Judaism by Michael Alan Signer

Authors: Michael Alan Signer (Editor), Crown-Minow Conference University of Notre Dame
ISBN-13: 9780268034603, ISBN-10: 0268034605
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Date Published: November 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Michael Alan Signer

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Memory and History in the Jewish and Christian Traditions
Memory in Ancient Israel1
Memory, History, Revelation: Writing the Dead Other19
Space, Time, and Memory35
Does God Remember? A Liturgical Theology of Memory41
Anamnesis in Modern Eucharistic Debate73
Memory, Gender, and Identity in Modern Jewish History85
The Feminization of Judaism105
Refractions of the Blood Libel in Modern Literature113
Trials of Modernity: Literary Responses to Blood Libel134
The Celebration of the Sacraments and the Teaching of the Commandments in the Age of Religious Consumerism, or History and Memory in Christian Communities since the Second Vatican Council145
History, Memory, and Relationship170
One in Abraham? The Significance of Abraham for Jews, Christians, and Muslims Today183
Abraham: The One and the Many204
Continuing the Conversation: Some Conclusions213
Contributors217
Index219

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