Authors: Efraim Shmueli, Gila Shmueli
ISBN-13: 9780521071772, ISBN-10: 0521071771
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In this volume, Professor Shmueli, a distinguished Israeli scholar, has synthesized an original and profound view of Jewish history.
Introduction;
1. A wealth of cultures;
2. Scripture and interpretation in Israel's cultures;
3. Song of songs - a paradigm of cultural changes;
4. The commandments in Israel's cultures;
5. The three-fold tension in Jewish cultures;
6. Historical knowledge in the cultures of faith;
7. Historical consciousness in the Emancipation culture;
8. The struggle for self-affirmation;
9. Conclusions and implications.