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Author Keen, Ralph.

Title Exile and restoration in Jewish thought : an essay in interpretation / Ralph Keen.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 171 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Continuum studies in Jewish thought
Continuum studies in Jewish thought.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-161) and index.
Contents Beginnings -- Forged in exile -- Tradition and intuition -- Modernity -- Revelation -- Relation -- Realms of redemption.
Summary Exile and Restoration in Jewish Thought presents the history of an idea originating at the intersection of Judaic piety and the social history of the Jews: faith in a protective sovereign deity amid contrary conditions. Exiled primordially (Eden), during the Patriarchal era, in the sixth century bce, and from the first century to the twentieth, the Jewish experience of alienation has been the historical backdrop against which affirmations of divine benevolence have been constructed. While histories of Jewish thought have tended to accentuate the speculative creativity of medieval and modern Je.
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Subject Faith (Judaism)
Faith (Judaism)
Trust in God -- Judaism.
Trust in God -- Judaism.
Jews -- History.
Jews.
History.
Exile (Punishment)
Exile (Punishment)
Jews -- Restoration.
Jews -- Restoration.
Redemption -- Judaism.
Redemption -- Judaism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Keen, Ralph. Exile and restoration in Jewish thought. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826453082 (DLC) 2009008061 (OCoLC)310401978
ISBN 9781441111234 (electronic book)
1441111239 (electronic book)
0826453082
9780826453082
1282452827
9781282452824
9780826453082