In spite of growing globalisation there remains in the world a split between the West & the rest. Jalmar & Penslar argue that orientalism is based on the Christian West's attempts to understand its relations with both its monotheistic others - Muslims & Jews.
In spite of growing globalisation there remains in the world a split between the West & the rest. Jalmar & Penslar argue that orientalism is based on the Christian West's attempts to understand its relations with both its monotheistic others - Muslims & Jews.
Distinguished poet and translator David R. Slavitt here provides a translation of and meditation upon the Book of Lamentations, the biblical account of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 587 B.C.,on the ninth day of the Jewish month of AvTish'a b'Av. (Six centuries la…
The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…
The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading hist…