An anthology of studies of Muhammad and early Islam since the beginnings of Islamic Studies in the nineteenth century. It calls into question the Koran as the basis for objective historical knowledge of Muhammad. It also questions the reliability of other Arabic documents that supposedly attest to events in the life of Muhammad and his followers.
The status of Russian Jewry has long been a subject of intense international interest. The collapse of the Soviet empire resulted in unprecedented access to historical records and has shed new light on the history of the Jewish people within Russia. Central to this history are the early years of the twentieth century, leading up to the ......
Provides the reader with a sense of the historical range of Kabbalah, as well as examples of various kinds of approaches, including those of intellectual and social history, history and phenomenology of religions, motif studies, ritual studies, and women's studies. This book discusses mystical motifs, theological ideas and devotional practices.
During the past two generations, Jewish public thought and discourse has differed dramatically from that of the era between the Emancipation and the Second World War. The chasm of the Holocaust and the watershed establishment of a Jewish state has radically changed the Jewish intellectual landscape. With their two largest concentrations in ......
Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought
A critical exploration of significant topics in modern Jewish history and thought. The author attempts to identify the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and to outline a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence.
Represents a sample of the most penetrating and provocative scholarly interpretations of Jewish messianic movement from various perspectives- historical, sociological, psychological, and religious.
Critical Studies in Modern Jewish History and Thought
Assesses the contemporary Jewish situation by examining three fundamental issues: the problem of historicism, the historical, theological and phenomenological investigation of the Holocaust, and the contemporary meaning of Zionism.
Shaw's excellent treatise is a must for anyone researching roots in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire . . . well organized. . . . [and] impressively researched. Dorot Shaw points out many interesting facts of the symbiosis between Jews and Muslims as he traces the relationship of more than 600 years. Choice Especially recommended for ......