[PDF.88nq] Suffering as Identity: The Jewish Paradigm

Suffering as Identity: The Jewish Paradigm

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 | #2528341 in Books |  Verso |  2010-03-02 |  2010-03-02 | Original language:French | PDF # 1 |  9.19 x.62 x6.11l,.74 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Preface Should Have Put this Book into its French Context|By Etienne RP|Suffering as Identity is a book written by an angry woman. The cause of her anger is threefold. First, history of the Jews tends to be reduced to a history of suffering and passiveness, erasing the Jews' positive contribution to Western civilization. Second, the work of the historian--the need to write hi| |“... Invaluable for both its political deconstruction of victimhood and its recollection of the lesser-known, non-lachrymose history of the Jews.”—Jewish Quarterly|About the Author|Esther Benbas

Reaching from biblical times to the present day, Esther Benbassa’s prize-winning exploration of Jewish identity is both epic and comprehensive. She shows how in the Jewish world, the representation and ritualization of suffering have shaped the history of both the people and the religion.

Benbassa argues that the nineteenth century gave rise to a Jewish ‘lachrymose’ historiography, and that Jewish history was increasingly seen to be a ‘vale...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Suffering as Identity: The Jewish Paradigm   |  Esther Benbassa. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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