The uncovered head
Subtitle: Jewish culture: new perspectives
By: Yedidya Itzhaki ; translated by Nahum Steigman
Contributors: Steigman, Nahum
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780874135008
Subjects: Identity; Judaism; Jews; Orthodox Judaism; Nontraditional Jews; Relations; Religious pluralism
Notes: "Surveying the evolution of the Jewish people and its culture and thought throughout the ages, this book describes the momentous results of Jewry's encounter with European Modernism. It traces how, over the last two-and-a-half centuries, pluralism and secularism first took hold in the Jewish world and then expanded until they are now the dominant feature and the driving force in contemporary Judaism. These issues are illuminated with a wide selection of works from the Jewish literature and thought"--Data view.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Identity; title: Secular identity; title: Jewish identity; title: Moving toward Jewish pluralism; title: Judaism and Jewry today; title: Secular reading of Jewish culture.