Jews and words / Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger.

Author/creator Oz, Amos author.
Other author Oz-Salzberger, Fania, author.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date©2012
Description1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)
Supplemental ContentJSTOR
Subjects

Contents Continuity -- Vocal women -- Time and timelessness -- Each person has a name; or, do Jews need Judaism?
Abstract The authors roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism's most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips. These words, they argue, compose the chain connecting Abraham with the Jews of every subsequent generation. From the unnamed, possibly female author of the Song of Songs through obscure Talmudists to contemporary writers, they suggest that Jewish continuity, even Jewish uniqueness, depends not on central places, monuments, heroic personalities, or rituals but rather on written words and an ongoing debate between the generations.
General note"A companion volume to the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-223) and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Oz, Amos. Jews and words. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2012 9780300156478
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2012022077
ISBN9780300156775 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0300156774 (electronic bk.)
ISBN(cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN(cloth ; alk. paper)
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Stock number22573/ctt2zxcd4 JSTOR
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