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Description:Here, gathered into one volume, some appearing for the first time in English, are essays, letters, and articles written over a period of more than fifty years by the foremost authority on Jewish mysticism and one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our age. Beginning with a recent interview in which Professor Scholem recalls his young days in Germany and many of the details of his personal development, the book sets forth several of his youthful articles concerning the Zionist movement in Germany at the time of World War I and after. Other articles pursue the historic relations between Jews and Germans, including the important "Jews and Germans." The book continues with a group of articles on the Nobel prize-winning author S. Y. Agnon and on the important Marxist critic Walter Benjamin, who had been a friend ever since Scholem's youth. Included, too, are a profound critique of Martin Buber's conception of Judaism and a number of articles on Israel and Judaism in the modern world. All in all, here is a unique collection of essays that shows this great scholar of the Jewish religion confronting the most important ideas and events faced by Jews and Judaism in the twentieth century.Werner J. Dannhauser, who gathered and translated most of the selections, is professor, Department of Government, Cornell University.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with On Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays. To get started finding On Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Here, gathered into one volume, some appearing for the first time in English, are essays, letters, and articles written over a period of more than fifty years by the foremost authority on Jewish mysticism and one of the greatest Jewish scholars of our age. Beginning with a recent interview in which Professor Scholem recalls his young days in Germany and many of the details of his personal development, the book sets forth several of his youthful articles concerning the Zionist movement in Germany at the time of World War I and after. Other articles pursue the historic relations between Jews and Germans, including the important "Jews and Germans." The book continues with a group of articles on the Nobel prize-winning author S. Y. Agnon and on the important Marxist critic Walter Benjamin, who had been a friend ever since Scholem's youth. Included, too, are a profound critique of Martin Buber's conception of Judaism and a number of articles on Israel and Judaism in the modern world. All in all, here is a unique collection of essays that shows this great scholar of the Jewish religion confronting the most important ideas and events faced by Jews and Judaism in the twentieth century.Werner J. Dannhauser, who gathered and translated most of the selections, is professor, Department of Government, Cornell University.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with On Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays. To get started finding On Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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