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Jews and words / Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger

ʿOz, Amos, 1939-2018 ; ʿÔz-Salṣberger, Fanyā, 1960-

New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] : Yale University Press, c 2012

XIV, 232 S.

Englisch

Continuity -- Vocal women -- Time and timelessness -- Each person has a name; or, do Jews need Judaism?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-223) and index. - Includes index.. - "A companion volume to the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization."

978-0-300-15647-8 ((cloth : alk. paper))

2012022077

9780300156478

OCoLC: 824849757     

OCoLC: 824849757 (aus SWB)     

DS113

305.892/4 ; 305.8924     Ähnliche Literatur

Basisklassifikation: 11.29 (Judentum: Sonstiges) <Religionswissenschaft>

*Jüdische Literatur ; Bibliografie      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Bible -- Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Jews -- Origin ; Jews -- History ; Jews -- Intellectual life ; Hebrew literature -- History and criticism ; Judaism -- History

Juden ; Intellektuelle ; Herrkunft ; Literatur ; Hebräisch ; Kritik ; Geschichte ; Judentum

Continuity -- Vocal women -- Time and timelessness -- Each person has a name; or, do Jews need Judaism?

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The authors roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism's most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips. These words, they argue, compose the chain connecting Abraham with the Jews of every subsequent generation. From the unnamed, possibly female author of the Song of Songs through obscure Talmudists to contemporary writers, they suggest that Jewish continuity, even Jewish uniqueness, depends not on central places, monuments, heroic personalities, or rituals but rather on written words and an ongoing debate between the generations