Jewish Education and History: Continuity, crisis and change

by Aberbach; Moshe

• ISBN13: 9780415489966
• ISBN10: 0415489962
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-07-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Education is at the centre of Jewish life and this book charts that development from the earliest periods through to the present. With a special emphasis on the key Talmudic period the author has carefully scrutinised both Jewish texts as well as the Greco-Roman sources to provide a comprehensive history.

Table of Contents

Moshe Aberbach: a biographical Foreword David Aberbac?

Introduction: The Origins of Jewish Education in the Ancient World

Essays

Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves

Joseph and his Brothers and the History of the Twelve Tribes

Anti-Hellenism in the Book of Daniel

Imperial Greek Freedmen and the Fall of the Jewish State, 70 Ce

Herod and Josephus: Patriots or Traitors?

Opposition to the Prophets in the Talmud

Pharaoh and Roman Egypt in Rabbinic Literature

King Hezekiah and Judah Hanasi: Messianic Links

The Rabbis, Education and the Obliteration of Class

Charismatic and Anti-Charismatic Elements in Judaism

Saadia Gaon: the Struggle for Jewish Unity

Maimonides: Myth and Reality

Ancient Roots of European Anti-Semitism and Jewish Patriotism

Abraham Geiger and Samson Raphael Hirsch

On Being a Jewish Historian

The Roots of Religious anti-Zionism

Halakhah and the Modern World: the Question of Smoking

Demented Messianists and Modern Secularists

Viennese Memoir, 1924-38

A Viennese upbringing

Father

Mother

Family history and legend

My parents and me

Hebrew teaching and holidays

Relatives and friends

School

The Chajesrealgymnasium (1934-1938)

My schoolmates

Under Nazi rule (March-December 1938)

Kindertransport

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