Studies in German Jewish History – serie

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4 produkter

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   German Literature between Faiths

   Jew and Christian at Odds and in Harmony

   Av Peter Meister

   Häftad, 2004

   921 kr

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   Religion is a central concern of German literature in all centuries, and the canon looks different when this perspective is acknowledged. For example, Goethe’s fascination with evil is difficult to disentangle from the Holocaust, Moses Mendelssohn is as profound as the playwright who portrayed him, …

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   Representations of Jews in Late Medieval and Early Modern German Literature

   Av John D. Martin

   Häftad, 2005

   920 kr

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   It is commonly held that medieval Christians viewed medieval Jews in exclusively negative terms. This is certainly the dominant opinion in much twentieth-century scholarship, and it is not wholly without justification. It is, however, an opinion that does not accurately reflect the breadth of …

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   Dark Images, Secret Hints

   Benjamin, Scholem, Molitor and the Jewish Tradition

   Av Bram Mertens, Peter D. G. Brown

   Häftad, 2007

   654 kr

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   This book examines the influence of the Jewish tradition on the work of the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin. It was hitherto always assumed that Benjamin’s knowledge of Judaism was very limited and that he was interested only in the mystical tradition of the Kabbalah, the study of which …

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   Mendelssohn to Mendelsohn

   Visual Case Studies of Jewish Life in Berlin

   Av Cyril Reade

   Häftad, 2007

   818 kr

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   This book takes a fresh look at the history of the Jews in Berlin using signficant examples of the rich visual legacy of the period. It begins by examining the visual environment of the Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86) and his community whose lives were regulated by feudal …