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Shuva [electronic resource]

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Offers a roadmap for revitalizing the connection between the Jewish people and the Jewish past

Title Shuva [electronic resource] : the future of the Jewish past / Yehuda Kurtzer.
Publisher Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press
Creation Date c2012
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Introduction : from memory to history -- Mitzvah : memory as commandedness -- Yirah : awe as inquiry and discernment -- Ahavah : love as desire and purpose -- Hurban : cataclysm and creativity -- Teshuva : returning as reimagining -- Enlightenment : a parable -- Conclusion : ... and back again : what will be the future of the Jewish past?.
Extent 1 online resource (185 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010719294405171
MARC RECORDS
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