Jewish History and Jewish Memory
Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series)
Contributors: Elishiva Carlebach (Editor); John M. Efron (Editor); David N. Myers (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: October 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780874518719
Subjects: Jewish studies; World history; Religion - Judaism; Jewish - General; Historiography; History Of Jews; History; Multicultural Nonfiction; Judaism - History; Jews; Religion / Judaism / General; Doctrines; Judaism
First sentence: Surveying the scholarly oeuvre of Yosef Yerushalmi, one is struck by a command of Jewish history reminiscent of his great teacher Salo Baron -a command that allows him to visit many past eras with the intimate familiarity of a specialist.