Shuva :
Kurtzer, Yehuda.
Shuva : the future of the Jewish past / Yehuda Kurtzer. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : from memory to history -- Mitzvah : memory as commandedness -- Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment -- Ahavah : love as desire and purpose -- Hurban : cataclysm and creativity -- Teshuva : returning as reimagining -- Enlightenment : a parable -- Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?
Annotation Modern Jews tend to relate to the past through "history," which relies on empirical demonstration and rational thought, rather than through "memory," which relies on the non-rational architectures of mythology. By now "history" has surpassed "memory" as a means of relating to the past--a development that falls short in building identity and creates disconnection between Jews and their collective history. Kurtzer seeks to mend this breach. Drawing on key classical texts, he shows that "history" and "memory" are not exclusive and that the perceived dissonance between them can be healed by a selective reclamation of the past and a translation of that past into purposefulness.
1611682320 9781611682328
9786613586360
358636 MIL 22573/ctv1008mg3 JSTOR
1939-1945
Judaism--History--Philosophy.
Memory--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Commandments (Judaism)
Love--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Repentance--Judaism.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Commandments (Judaism)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Judaism--Philosophy.
Love--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Memory--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Repentance--Judaism.
RELIGION / General
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
History.
BM157 / .K87 2012
296.09
Shuva : the future of the Jewish past / Yehuda Kurtzer. - Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xiv, 168 pages) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : from memory to history -- Mitzvah : memory as commandedness -- Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment -- Ahavah : love as desire and purpose -- Hurban : cataclysm and creativity -- Teshuva : returning as reimagining -- Enlightenment : a parable -- Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?
Annotation Modern Jews tend to relate to the past through "history," which relies on empirical demonstration and rational thought, rather than through "memory," which relies on the non-rational architectures of mythology. By now "history" has surpassed "memory" as a means of relating to the past--a development that falls short in building identity and creates disconnection between Jews and their collective history. Kurtzer seeks to mend this breach. Drawing on key classical texts, he shows that "history" and "memory" are not exclusive and that the perceived dissonance between them can be healed by a selective reclamation of the past and a translation of that past into purposefulness.
1611682320 9781611682328
9786613586360
358636 MIL 22573/ctv1008mg3 JSTOR
1939-1945
Judaism--History--Philosophy.
Memory--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Commandments (Judaism)
Love--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.
Repentance--Judaism.
RELIGION--Judaism--History.
Commandments (Judaism)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Judaism--Philosophy.
Love--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Memory--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Repentance--Judaism.
RELIGION / General
Multi-User.
Electronic books.
History.
BM157 / .K87 2012
296.09
