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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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The Robert and Arlene Kogod Library of Judaic Studies |
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Kogod library of Judaic studies.
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| Contents |
To Be a Jew; Contents; Preface; A Preliminary Outline of Brenner's Approach; Brenner the Personal Writer; Brenner and the Existentialist Meaning of Literature; An Existentialist Analysis of Life; The 'Riddle of Life' and the Absurd; The Personal and the Jewish Dimensions; Moulding Jewish Life; The Critique of Judaism; Jewish Existence as Thrownness; Ahad Ha-Am and Brenner: Genealogy and Voluntarism; The Pragmatic Meaning of Hebrew Literature; Jewish Existence and Nationalism; The Diachronic Dimension; How to Build a New Jewish Life; Nationalism and Zion; The Individual and the People |
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Affirming Jewish Destiny: Brenner and SoloveitchikBrenner's Manifesto: 'On the "Vision"of Apostasy'; The Existentialist Manifesto; Idea vs. Existence; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
To Be a Jew deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence. Many of Brenner''s readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. In contrast to this perception, Avi Sagi proves that not only did Brenner not reject the value of the Jewish existence, but the core of his creation was written out of a deep Jewish commitment. Brenner''s greatest innovation is found in his new conception of Jewish existence. To b |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Brenner, Joseph Ḥayyim, 1881-1921 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Brenner, Joseph Ḥayyim, 1881-1921 |
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Existentialism.
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Existentialism
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existentialism.
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Existentialism
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826439062 |
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0826439063 |
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