History, Memory, and Jewish Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781618114747)

This volume takes a fresh view of the role representations of the past play in the construction of Jewish identity. Its central theme is that the study of how Jews construct the past can help in interpreting how they understand the nature of their Jewishness. The individual chapters illuminate the ways in which Jews responded to and made use of the past. If Jews' choices of what to include, emphasize, omit, and invent in their representation of the past is a fundamental variable, then this volume contributes to the creation of a more nuanced approach to the construction of the histories of Jews and their thought.

Author: Ira Robinson
ISBN-10: 1618114743
ISBN-13: 9781618114747
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2015
Pages: 390
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

About the Author
Naftali S. Cohn is Associate Professor of Religion at Concordia University. His book, The Memory of the Temple and the Making of the Rabbis, was recently published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.