| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 157 pages) |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Out of Ur -- Abraham the iconoclast -- Which Gods shall we break today? -- Three paths to the sacred -- The primal trauma of the Jewish people -- (Re)embracing Teraḥ -- From broken idols to broken tablets -- The sound of broken glass : Jewish iconoclasm and anti-Semitism |
| Summary |
The story of Abraham smashing his father's idols might be the most important Jewish story ever told and the key to how Jews define themselves. In a work at once deeply erudite and wonderfully accessible, Rabbi Salkin conducts readers through the life and legacy of this powerful story and explains how it has shaped Jewish consciousness. Offering a radical view of Jewish existence, this book views the story of the young Abraham as the "primal trauma" of Jewish history, one critical to the development of a certain Jewish comfort with rebelliousness and one that, happening in every generation, has helped Jews develop a unique identity. The author shows how the story continues to reverberate through the ages, even in its connection to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism. This work - combining biblical texts, archaeology, rabbinic insights, Hasidic texts (some never before translated), philosophy, history, poetry, contemporary Jewish thought, sociology, and popular culture - is nothing less than a journey through two thousand years of Jewish life and intellectual endeavor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-157) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
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| SUBJECT |
Abraham (Biblical patriarch) fast (OCoLC)fst00037599 |
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Abraham Biblische Person gnd |
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Midrash rabbah. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Genesis. fast (OCoLC)fst01808046 |
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Midrash rabbah. Genesis. fast (OCoLC)fst01358188 |
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Genesis. gnd |
| Subject |
Idols and images -- Worship -- Biblical teaching.
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Iconoclasm.
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Monotheism -- Biblical teaching
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Antisemitism.
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aniconism.
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iconoclasm.
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antisemitism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Antisemitism.
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Iconoclasm.
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Idols and images -- Worship -- Biblical teaching.
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Monotheism -- Biblical teaching.
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Idololatrie
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Ikonoklasmus
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Monotheismus
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Judentum
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Rabbinische Literatur
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Antisemitismus
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012042380 |
| ISBN |
0827611420 |
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9780827611429 |
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1299132405 |
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9781299132405 |
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