European Judaism

Baumgarten, Albert: Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews A Twentieth Century Tale. (Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2010.
This biography of Elias Bickerman (1897-1981), one of the foremost historians of Graeco-Roman antiquity active in the twentieth century, focuses on his role as a historian of the Jews. Bickerman had an extra-ordinary life. He was born in Kishinev and grew up in St. Petersburg. He arrived in Berlin in 1922, where he pursued an academic career (Doctorate, 1926; Habilitation, 1930). With the rise of the Nazis, he moved to Paris in 1933, then to the USA in 1942. He died in Tel Aviv and was buried in Jerusalem. Albert Baumgarten explores the connections between Bickerman's life and his scholarly work on the Jews in its different cultural and academic contexts (Russian, German, French, and American). He argues that Bickerman intended to create a usable Jewish past. He further shows that Bickerman conceived the ancient Jewish encounter with Hellenism and the modern Jewish entry into European civilization in light of each other.

X, 377 S. Ln. *neuwertig*

[KW: Judaistik; Philosophie, Religionen]

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EUROPEAN JUDAISM Vols. 1-12; 14-41. Oxford, 1966-2008. Mostly reprint.

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HESCHEL, Abraham Joshua. Krajewski, Stanislaw / Lipszyc, Adam (Hg.): Abraham Joshua Heschel. Philosophy, Theology and Interreligious Dialogue. (Jüdische Kultur. Studien zur Geistesgeschichte, Religion und Literatur 21). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2009.
The book is devoted to the thought of one of the 20th century's most interesting philosophers of religion. Heschel, a traditional Polish Jew who became a modern thinker, was also an impressive prophet of interreligious dialogue. The book is the fruit of a scholarly conference held in 2007 at the University of Warsaw, in Heschel's native city, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Given the depth and scope of his thinking, the papers gathered in the volume will be of interest not only to philosophers, theologians, and scholars of Heschel, but also to those who know little about Heschel but are interested in the fundamental problems that appear at the borders between philosophy and theology, religion and modernity, Judaism and Christianity, and, more broadly, problems of interfaith relations and their future. Among the contributors to the volume there are many of the foremost Heschel scholars from the United States and Israel, as well as authors from Poland and other European countries. The authors believe that the infl uence of Heschel will continue to grow worldwide.

VI, 228 S. Gr 8° HLn. *neuwertig*

[KW: Philosophie, Religionen]

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Schär, Philipp: The smallest Polish minority - The Karaims, GRIN VERLAG, November 2007, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3638833194
Scholary Paper aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Religion, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 5 (Erasmus), which is escellent, Universitas Wratislaviensis, Veranstaltung: Languages and Nations in East-Central Europe in the 21st Century, 8 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Anmerkungen: Die Karaim (oder Karaiten) sind eine spezielle Erscheinung als kleinste Minderheit in Polen und anderen osteuropäischen Staaten: Sie sind zwar türkischstämmig, gehören also zu den Turkvölkern, sind jedoch jüdischen Glaubens. In Polen leben heute schätzungsweise gerade mal noch zwischen 40 und 50 Karaiten, was sie zur kleinsten Minderheit macht. This Text is about the Karaim, the smallest minority in several countries of eastern Europe. Karaim are of turkisch descent but have jewish faith. , Abstract: If one concerns oneself in Polish and Eastern European minorities and if one looks at the numbers of different minority groups, one group at the end of the list catches ones eye: The Karaim, or Karaites. This minority group exists, depending on the source, of only 40-50 people. The name differs, in some sources they are called Karaim, in others Karaites. In the following chapters I will call them Karaim, as I found out during my research, that they call themselves Karaim or in Eastern Europe also Qaray. Moreover, Karaim is also closer to its origin, but more about this in one of the following chapters. Polands Karaims had since centuries disliked to be called Karaites, as it meant black dog. Very special is the Karaim's religion, Judaism as they are ethnically turksPoland is a ethnically most homogenious state, which was not always so in Poland' s history. Poles are with 99,3 % the Majority. The different Minorities in Poland are, according to the 2002 census: Among ethnic groups Silesians and Germans are the largest minorities, 172.6 thousand of Polish citizens declare Silesian national identity and 147.1 thousand, German. The third and the fourth linguistic minorities are, respectively, Belorussians, 47.6 thousand, and Ukrainians, 27.2 thousand. The Gypsies appear in fifth position with 12.7 thousand. They are followed by the historical minorities which number from 5 to 10 thousand people: Ruthenians/Lemkos- 5.8 thousand, Lithuanians - 5.6 thousand, and Kashbus - 5.1 thousand. Next there are minor communities like Russians - 3.2 thousand, Slovaks (1.7 thousand), Jews (1.1 thousand), Tartars (0.5 thousand), Czechs (0.4 thousand), Armenians (0.3 thousand) and in last place the Karaim with only 50. At this point I must add, that other sources mention other numbers. Some only 40, others 150.Karaim Judaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by reliance on the Tanakh as the sole scripture, and rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) as halakha (Legally Binding, i.e. required religious practice). The word Karaim comes from the Hebrew word (Qraim), meaning Readers (of Scripture). This name was chosen by the adherents of Karaim Judaism to distinguish themselves from the adherents of Rabbinic Judaism.

NEUBUCH! 2007. 36 S. 210 mm 210 mm x 148 mm x 2 mm; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V67808

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