Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 219 p)
Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Edition:
Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472548740
Series Statement:
The Kogod library of Judaic studies 8
Uniform Title:
Li-heyot Yehudi
Content:
Preface -- 1. A preliminary Outline of Brenner's Approach -- 2. Brenner, the Personal Writer -- 3. Brenner and the Existential Meaning of Literature -- 4. An Existentialist Analysis of Existence -- 5. The Personal and the Jewish Dimensions -- 6. Moulding Jewish Life -- 7. Jewish Existence and Nationalism -- 8. Brenner's Manifesto: 'One the "Vision" of Apostasy' -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
"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 be a Jew, according to Brenner, involves the willingness to discover solidarity with actual Jews, to participate in a society in which Jews can live a free life and to fashion their culture as they wish. Sagi presents the idea that Brenner's is not a Utopian, but a realistic, conception of Jewish existence. Thus this unique conception of Jewish existence is founded on an infrastructure of existential thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-214) and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441195838
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441128638
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780826439062
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441109736
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Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781472548740
