Double Takes Thinking and Rethinking Issues of Modern Judaism in Ancient Contexts

by Garber, Zev; Zuckerman, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780761828945
• ISBN10: 076182894X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-14
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book comprises a series of ten essays written by the authors both individually and collaboratively. While the subjects of these essays are wide ranging, they share a common recognition that issues at the forefront of contemporary Jewish thought must be measured against the background of ancient traditions that revisit rabbinic and biblical times and beyond. The intent of these essays is to illustrate how shadows of longstanding traditions continue to shade current perceptions. The book appears in the Studies in the Shoah series as volume 26.

Author Biography

Bruce Zuckerman is Associate Professor in the School of Religion, Director of the Archaeological Research Collection, and Director of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Modern Events in Ancient Perspectives
Why Do we Call the Holocaust "The Holocaust"? An Inquiry into the Psychology of Labels	p. 3
The Practice of Judaism During the Shoah, 1933-1945	p. 31
The Furor over the Auschwitz Convent: The Inside and Outside of the Language of Bias	p. 57
The Rabin Assassination in the Long View and the Short View: Biblical Radicalism in a Modern	p. 79
Teaching and Learning from the Past
Choosing Among the Strands: Teaching Hebrew Bible Survey to Undergraduates at a Secular University	p. 107
Teaching Shoah Matters: A Personal Memoir	p. 137
Evolution and Revolution
The Bible, the Sistine Chapel and the Liberty Bell: How do We Understand the Bible in Tradition	p. 157
Faith from the Ashes: An Interview with Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller von Sell	p. 167
Ancient Texts and Modern Technologies
Every Dot and Tiddle: A Consideration of the Limitation of Computer Imaging for the Study of Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 183
Working with a Little More Data: New finds in the 20th Century; Semitic Language of the Ancient World	p. 197
General Index	p. 215
Source Index	p. 220
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