Turning Points in Jewish History
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Marc J. Rosenstein (Author)
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"This book offers an articulate, readable, balanced introduction to Jewish history, one that could be utilized in the classroom or for individual enrichment."-Marie Nuar, Reading Religion
Examining the entire span of Jewish history by focusing on thirty pivotal moments in the Jewish people's experience from biblical times through the present-essentially the most important events in the life of the Jewish people-Turning Points in Jewish History provides "the big picture": both a broad and a deep understanding of the Jewish historical experience.
Zeroing in on eight turning points in the biblical period, four in Hellenistic-Roman times, five in the Middle Ages, and thirteen in modernity, Marc J. Rosenstein elucidates each formative event with a focused history, a timeline, a primary text with commentary as an intimate window into the period, and a discussion of its legacy for subsequent generations. Along the way he candidly analyzes various controversies and schisms arising from Judaism's encounters with power, powerlessness, exile, messianism, rationalism, mysticism, catastrophe, modernity, nationalism, feminism, and more.
The book's thirty distinct and logically connected events lend themselves to a full course or to customized classes on specific turning points. Discussion questions for every chapter (some in print, more online) facilitate reflection and continuing conversation. 2 genealogies, 5 maps, index
About the Author
Marc J. Rosenstein is the former director of both the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Israel Rabbinical Program and the Galilee Foundation for Value Education. He is the author of Galilee Diary and the coauthor of Our Place in the Universe: Judaism and the Environment.
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- Contributor: Marc J. Rosenstein
- Imprint: Jewish Publication Society
- ISBN13: 9780827612631
- Number of Pages: 480
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
- Release Date: 2018-07-01
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Marc J. Rosenstein is the former director of both the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's Israel Rabbinical Program and the Galilee Foundation for Value Education. He is the author of Galilee Diary and the coauthor of Our Place in the Universe: Judaism and the Environment.
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