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Leiden: Brill, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xiv, 323, (3)pp. Index and selected bibliographies. Dark over light purple boards, spine lettered in white. A fine, as new copy This volume brings together several of Prof. S.N. Eisenstadt's essays written over the years on Jewish history and identity. The major argument of the essays follows the Weberian view of Jewish historical experience as that of a distinct civilization, as a distinct Great Religion, the first monotheistic civilization - without, however, accepting many of Weber's concrete analyses. The core of the argument that underlies these essays is, that the best way to understand the Jewish experience is to look on Jews not just as a religious or ethnic group, nation or "people", although they have been all of these, but as bearers of a distinct civilization. These essays examine the historical experience of the Jewish people and communities in ancient medieval and modern times in the framework of such civilizational analysis…
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Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience: The Civilizational Dimension Hardcover - 2004
by Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
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- Title Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience: The Civilizational Dimension
- Author Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 330
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date May 2004
- ISBN 9789004136939 / 9004136932
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 6.34 x 9.8 x 1.05 in (16.10 x 24.89 x 2.67 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003065314
- Dewey Decimal Code 909.049
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