Yahweh versus Yahweh: Enigma of Jewish History
by Gonen, Jay Y
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780299203306
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University of Wisconsin Press, 2005-01-03. hardcover. Very Good. 6x0x9. Pictorial boards have minor shelf wear, no dust jacket as issued, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. Yahweh versus Yahweh is a vivid description of how the founding myths of Judaism have conditioned Jewish expectations from history. Jay L. Gonen unveils the collective psychology that underlies Jewish psychohistory.The enigmatic God of Gonenâs study brings to the Jewish people periods of construction and bounty but also periods of destruction and hopelessness. This duality, according to the Gonen, runs throughout Jewish lore, literature, morality, the Kabbala, and Hassidism. It serves as the unifying factor in Jewish historyâas it informed and influenced the establishment of the State of Israel, the history and future of Zionism, the debate over the Holocaust, the belief in the coming of the Messiah, and the current conflict in the Middle East.Gonen is at his best when portraying the intricate and highly dialectical interactions within the Jewish psyche among the themes of Messianism, Zionism, and the Holocaust. His penetrating analysis of how shared group fantasies molded Jewish responses to ongoing events is a must read for all persons who are interested in the intersection of religion, politics, and psychology in history.
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- Title
- Yahweh versus Yahweh: Enigma of Jewish History
- Author
- Gonen, Jay Y
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0299203301
- ISBN 13
- 9780299203306
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison Wi
- Date Published
- 2005-01-03
- Size
- 6x0x9
- Keywords
- Judaism; Jewish History; Religion
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- Religion;
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- 13 oz
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