The uncovered head
Itzjaki, Yedidya.
The uncovered head Jewish culture: new perspectives / [electronic resource] : Yedidya Itzhaki ; translated by Nahum Steigman. - Newark : Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011. - 1 online resource (257 p.)
"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. Translated from Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-252) and index.
9781611490374 (electronic bk.) 1611490375 (electronic bk.)
Judaism--21st century.
Jews--Identity.
Religious pluralism--Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.
RELIGION / Judaism / History
Electronic books.
BM45 / .I89 2011eb
296.09/05
The uncovered head Jewish culture: new perspectives / [electronic resource] : Yedidya Itzhaki ; translated by Nahum Steigman. - Newark : Lanham, Md. : University of Delaware Press ; Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2011. - 1 online resource (257 p.)
"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. Translated from Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-252) and index.
9781611490374 (electronic bk.) 1611490375 (electronic bk.)
Judaism--21st century.
Jews--Identity.
Religious pluralism--Judaism.
Orthodox Judaism--Relations--Nontraditional Jews.
RELIGION / Judaism / History
Electronic books.
BM45 / .I89 2011eb
296.09/05
