Yiddish & Jewish Culture

ISBN: 9781906540050
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 7
Yiddish-speaking groups of Communists played a visible role in many countries, most notably in the Soviet Union, United States, Poland, France, Canada, Argentina and Uruguay. The sacrificial role of the Red Army, and the Soviet Un... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781905981120
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 6
Among the finest prose stylists in Yiddish literature, David Bergelson (1884-1952) was caught up in many of the twentieth century’s most defining events. In 1909 he emerged as a pioneer of modernist prose, observing the slow... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780719568046
Published by : Harper Collins Publishers
A sort of archaeological detective story, God's Gold aims to track down the final resting place of the treasures of the Second Temple taken by the Emperor Titus in AD 71 and portrayed on the Arch of Titus in Rome. Written in the first person, i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828968
Published by : Pindar Press
Since turning to the field of Jewish art over twenty years ago, Vivian Mann has concentrated on investigating Jewish ceremonial art within the dual contexts of Jewish law, and the history of decorative arts in general, including the ceremonial art... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900755832
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 5
Early in the twentieth century, Yiddish, previously stigmatized as a corrupt jargon, came to be recognized as a language in its own right, and one moreover that was already the vehicle for a rich literature. Many writers in other ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780804749084
Published by : Stanford Univ Press
The Zohar is the great medieval compendium of Jewish esoteric and mystical teaching. This study, unravels the historical and intellectual origins of this rich text and provides an excellent introduction to its themes, symbolism, narrative struc... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780860789352
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
A collection of fourteen essays written by Moshe Gil, many originally in Hebrew, previously published between 1972 and 2000. The essays explore subjects that have interested Gil and that have been part of his research career for over thirty yea... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781570034688
Published by : University of South Carolina Press
The Sabbath is traditionally considered to be the day of rest but, as Herold Weiss reveals, there are differences in the way in which the early Jewish and Christian faiths regarded and theologised about this day. This study looks at the differe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004128866
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This study traces the history of misanthropy (the morbid dislike of fellow men) as it was directed against Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman world. Berthelot examines the terminology of misanthropy in Greek, Roman and Egyptian texts and the exa... .... Learn More