Judah Magnes

David Barak-Gorodetsky, Merav Datan

Description

“In this book, David Barak- Gorodetsky offers fascinating new perspective on Judah L. Magnes. Part Jeremiah, part Gandhi, and part Sisyphus, Magnes was an American in Palestine, a religious man in a political world, and an idealist among pragmatists. Barak- Gorodetsky’s superb excavation of Magnes’s roots in American theology opens our eyes to a much fuller portrait than has been offered before. One grasps Magnes’s animating sensibilities, as well as the discomfort he felt and generated in his transplanted home in Jerusalem. But generating discomfort was one of his goals, as he challenged the verities of Zionism with his prophetic voice, pointing to a different, moral standard as the ideal axis around which the national movement should revolve. A pathbreaking biography of an ever- intriguing and enigmatic figure.” — DaviD N. Myers, professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History, University of California, Los Angeles “One might imagine that nothing novel could be written about Judah Magnes, but this highly original, sophisticated, and brilliantly insightful portrait of Magnes against the backdrop of his times allows Magnes to come alive anew as a man of great religious conviction, shedding crucial new light on Magnes and highlighting his significance for our moment. I enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone interested in Magnes, the history of Zionism and the Yishuv, and modern Jewish intellectual and religious history.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Israel
• History of the Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: The Jewish Publication Society
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780827618831
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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