Shuva
Subtitle: the future of the Jewish past
By: Yehuda Kurtzer
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Waltham, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781611682304; 9781611682311; 9781611682328
Subjects: Philosophy; Love; Commandments (Judaism); Repentance; Influence; Memory; Judaism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : from memory to history; title: Mitzvah : memory as commandedness; title: Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment; title: Ahavah : love as desire and purpose; title: Hurban : cataclysm and creativity; title: Teshuva : returning as reimagining; title: Enlightenment : a parable; title: Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?.