| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Memory, History, and Jewish Identity -- 2 Reconsidering Early Modern German Jewish Memory and History -- 3 Community, Memory, and Governance -- 4 Jewish Social Organization: The Role of Memory, Power, and Honor -- 5 Politics, Polemics, and History: Assessing Jewish Identity -- 6 From Law to Legend: Narrating Jewish and Christian Encounters -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
Although Jews in early modern Germany produced little in the way of formal historiography, Jews nevertheless engaged the past for many reasons and in various and surprising ways. They narrated the past in order to enforce order, empower authority, and record the traditions of their communities. In this way, Jews created community structure and projected that structure into the future. But Jews also used the past as a means to contest the marginalization threatened by broader developments in the Christian society in which they lived. As the Reformation threw into relief serious questions about |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317111047 |
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1317111044 |
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