The Jewish contribution to civilization
Subtitle: reassessing an idea
By: edited by Jeremy Cohen and Richard I. Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Jeremy, 1953-; Cohen, Richard I.
Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781904113522
Subjects: Jews -- Civilization; Civilization, Modern -- Jewish influences; Judaism -- Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Jewish contribution to civilization' and its implications for notions of "Jewish superiority" in the modern period / Richard I. Cohen; title: Discourses of civilization : the shifting course of modern Jewish motif / David N. Myers; title: From counterculture to subculture to multiculture : the "Jewish contribution" then and now / Moshe Rosman; title: Day of gladness or day of madness? : modern discussions of the ancient Sabbath / Elliott Horowitz; title: The "Jewish contribution" to Christianity / David Berger; title: Judaism, Islam, and Hellenism : the conflict in Germany over the origins of kultur / Susannah Heschel; title: From Sephardi to Oriental : the "decline" theory of Jewish civilization in the Middle East and North Africa / Daniel Schroeter; title: From admission ticket to contribution : remarks on the history of an apologetic argument / Yaacov Shavit; title: German-Jewish literature and culture and the field of German-Jewish studies / Mark H. Gelber; title: Louis Finkelstein, Mordecai Kaplan, and American "Jewish contributions to civilization" / David Biale.