Description: Zakhor by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Harold Bloom Discusses the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Mr. Yerushalmis previous writings . . . established him as one of the Jewish communitys most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship." - New York Times Book Review Notes Discusses the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography Author Biography Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi is Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, and director of the Center for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University. Table of Contents Foreword by Harold BloomPreface to the 1996 EditionPreface to the 1989 EditionPrologue to the Original Edition1. Biblical and Rabbinic Foundations - Meaning in History, Memory, and the Writing of History2. The Middle Ages - Vessels and Vehicles of Jewish Memory3. In the Wake of the Spanish Expulsion4. Modern Dilemas - Historiography and Its DiscontentsPostscript - Reflections on ForgettingNotesIndex Review "Mr. Yerushalmis previous writings, on the Spanish and Portuguese Jews ... established him as one of the Jewish communitys most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship."-New York Times Book Review "Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi is an exemplary Jewish historian of the Jews, and with Zakhor he becomes an exemplary theorist of the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography... [Zakhor] may well be a permanent contribution to Jewish speculation upon the dilemmas of Jewishness, and so it may join the canon of Jewish wisdom literature."-New York Review of Books "[A] remarkable book that discusses the millennial tension between the age-old Jewish commandment-and tradition-of remembrance and the relatively new Jewish interest in history."-American Historical Review "A brilliant and fundamentally new appraisal of collective Jewish historical memory... It opens up new horizons of thinking in a style that is beautiful and a scholarship that is overwhelming."-Gerson D. Cohen, former chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Promotional Discusses the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography Review Quote "Mr. Yerushalmis previous writings, on the Spanish and Portuguese Jews . . . established him as one of the Jewish communitys most important historians. His latest book should establish him as one of its most important critics. Zakhor is historical thinking of a very high order - mature speculation based on massive scholarship."-New York Times Book Review "Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi is an exemplary Jewish historian of the Jews, and with Zakhor he becomes an exemplary theorist of the troubling and possibly irreconcilable split between Jewish memory and Jewish historiography. . . [Zakhor] may well be a permanent contribution to Jewish speculation upon the dilemmas of Jewishness, and so it may join the canon of Jewish wisdom literature."-New York Review of Books "[A] remarkable book that discusses the millennial tension between the age-old Jewish commandment-and tradition-of remembrance and the relatively new Jewish interest in history."-American Historical Review "A brilliant and fundamentally new appraisal of collective Jewish historical memory. . . . It opens up new horizons of thinking in a style that is beautiful and a scholarship that is overwhelming."-Gerson D. Cohen, former chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America Details ISBN0295975199 Author Harold Bloom Short Title ZAKHOR Publisher University of Washington Press Language English ISBN-10 0295975199 ISBN-13 9780295975191 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1996 Imprint University of Washington Press Subtitle Jewish History and Jewish Memory Country of Publication United States Residence New York, US Birth 1932 Death 2009 Illustrations black & white illustrations Place of Publication Seattle DOI 10.1604/9780295975191 UK Release Date 1996-04-01 AU Release Date 1996-04-01 NZ Release Date 1996-04-01 US Release Date 1996-04-01 Pages 192 Series Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies Publication Date 1996-04-01 DEWEY 909.04924 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9780295959382 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158957752;
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Book Title: Zakhor
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Author: Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
Publication Name: Zakhor: Jewish History and Jewish Memory
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication Year: 1996
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