True Jew: Challenging the Stereotype - Couverture souple

Beck, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0875869033 ISBN 13 : 9780875869032

Editeur : Algora Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This book offers information to everyone who is thinking about the position of Jews in today's world and in history.

From the time of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem to 500 CE, the world’s Jewish population shrank from 4.5 million to 1.1 million; then the Jewish population increased at more than five times the global growth rate.

The book is about where they were, why they suddenly reappeared, and what lessons can be learned from their hidden identity and their reappearance.

The author also examines contemporary Jews' own varying views of Jewishness and discusses what it means to be a Jew today.

In style, the book is both a mystery story and an expose. It is written in a light and accessible manner in which its startling revelations are well-documented and substantiated.

Because its content is in opposition to some commonly held beliefs, the book provides a good basis for discussion and debate. Much of the information is presented from a fresh perspective which opens up formerly unarticulated and perhaps even forbidden concepts to modern exploration. In its final chapters the book makes a strong case for a major change in the Jewish community.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From the time of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem to 500 CE, the world's Jewish population had shrunk from 4.5 million to 1.1 million; then the Jewish population increased at more than five times the global growth rate. Are the numbers real? How did that happen? The author provides statistics and charts documenting what happened. In style, the book is both a mystery story and an expose. It is written in a light and accessible manner in which its startling revelations are well documented and substantiated. Because its content is in opposition to some commonly held beliefs, the book provides a good basis for discussion and debate. Much of the information contained in the book is presented from a fresh perspective which opens up formerly unarticulated and perhaps even forbidden concepts to modern exploration. In its final chapters the book makes a strong case for a major change in the Jewish community. The book will be of particular interest to 1.Anyone interested in the role of Jews in world history 2.Jews who are proud of their Jewish heritage and identity, yet feel disenfranchised and 3.Jews who are trying to find their place in the changing religious world 4.Students of art history who are interested in the disproportionate impact of Jews on the arts

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Algora Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0875869033
• ISBN 13: 9780875869032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible