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Jewish education and history [electronic resource] : continuity, crisis and change / Moshe Aberbach ; edited and translated by David Aberbach.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Routledge Jewish studies seriesPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: xviii, 206 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203876480
Uniform titles:
  • Ḥinukh ha-Yehudi bi-teḳufat ha-Mishnah ṿeha-Talmud. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in print edition.
Contents:
Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves -- Joseph and his brothers and the history of the twelve tribes -- Anti-Hellenism in the book of Daniel -- Imperial Greek freedmen and the fall of the Jewish state, 70 CE -- Herod and Josephus : patriots or traitors? -- Opposition to the biblical prophets in the Talmud -- Pharaoh and Roman Egypt in rabbinic literature -- King Hezekiah and Judah Hanasi : messianic links -- The rabbis, education and the obliteration of class -- Charismatic and anti-charismatic elements in Judaism -- Saadia Gaon and the struggle for Jewish unity -- Maimonides : myth and reality -- Ancient roots of European anti-Semitism and Jewish patriotism -- Abraham Geiger and Samson Raphael Hirsch -- On being a Jewish historian -- The roots of religious anti-Zionism -- Halakhah and modern education : the question of smoking -- Demented messianists and modern secularists -- A Viennese upbringing -- Father -- Mother -- Family history and legend -- My parents and me -- Hebrew teaching and holidays -- Relatives and friends -- School -- The Chajesrealgymnasium (1934-1938) -- My schoolmates -- Under Nazi rule (March-December 1938) -- Kindertransport.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves -- Joseph and his brothers and the history of the twelve tribes -- Anti-Hellenism in the book of Daniel -- Imperial Greek freedmen and the fall of the Jewish state, 70 CE -- Herod and Josephus : patriots or traitors? -- Opposition to the biblical prophets in the Talmud -- Pharaoh and Roman Egypt in rabbinic literature -- King Hezekiah and Judah Hanasi : messianic links -- The rabbis, education and the obliteration of class -- Charismatic and anti-charismatic elements in Judaism -- Saadia Gaon and the struggle for Jewish unity -- Maimonides : myth and reality -- Ancient roots of European anti-Semitism and Jewish patriotism -- Abraham Geiger and Samson Raphael Hirsch -- On being a Jewish historian -- The roots of religious anti-Zionism -- Halakhah and modern education : the question of smoking -- Demented messianists and modern secularists -- A Viennese upbringing -- Father -- Mother -- Family history and legend -- My parents and me -- Hebrew teaching and holidays -- Relatives and friends -- School -- The Chajesrealgymnasium (1934-1938) -- My schoolmates -- Under Nazi rule (March-December 1938) -- Kindertransport.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Translated from the Hebrew.

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