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Judaism and Crisis: Crisis as a Catalyst in Jewish Cultural History
Author(s): Armin Lange (Author, Editor), K F Diethard Romheld (Editor), Matthias Weigold (Editor)
- Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- Publication Date: 6 Oct. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 340 pages
- ISBN-10: 3525542089
- ISBN-13: 9783525542088
Book Description
The political, social, cultural, and religious crises Jews encountered in their long history influenced the development of Jewish culture, thought, and religion. The authors describe how Jews coped with these threatening events, especially how they consequently had to rethink and shape their Jewish identity anew.
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About the Author
Dr. theol. Armin Lange is Professor of Judaism of the Second Temple and Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies of the University of Vienna. His teachings cover the period from the beginnings of Israel and Judah to the Second Jewish War, where he specializes in the wisdom and prophetic literature of Israel, the Dead Sea textual finds, and the Hebrew text and canon history. He is a member of the international editorial team of the Dead Sea.
Dr. theol. K. F. Diethard Römheld is pastor of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland in Rheinbach near Bonn.
