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To Be a Jew

By Avi Sagi

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To Be a Jew

By Avi Sagi

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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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
234
Release Date:
2011-03-17
Publication Date:
2011-03-24
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1441195831
ISBN13:
9781441195838
Weight:
520 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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