Shalom Goldman

Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity

Seven Twentieth-Century Converts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish–Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts contends that in the twentieth century the borders dividing the Jewish and Christian faiths have, for many people, become fluid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780739196106
• ISBN-10: 0739196103
• Artikelnr.: 47969393

Autorenporträt

Shalom Goldman is professor of religion and Middle Eastern studies at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Demons' Wager
Chapter One: Who is a Jew?
Chapter Two: The Conversions of Ruth Ben David (1920-2000).
Chapter Three: Jean-Marie Lustiger, The "Jewish Cardinal: (1926-2007).
Chapter Four: Donato Manduzio and the Converts of San Nicandro: A Group
Conversion to Judaism in 1930s Italy (Donato Manduzio, 1885-1948).
Chapter Five: Happy About His Conversion, Miserable About His Apostasy: The
1945 Apostasy of Rabbi Zolli Revisited (Israel Zolli, 1881-1956).
Chapter Six: "Ruth From the Banks of the Volga": Elisheva Bikhovskhy
(Elizaveta Ivanova Zhirkova, 1888-1949).
Chapter Seven: Apostasy and Citizenship: The Case of Brother Daniel (Oswald
Rufeisen, 1922-1998).
Chapter Eight: Moishe Rosen, Founder of Jews For Jesus (1932-2010).
Epilogue