The Literature of Destruction : Jewish Responses to Catastrophe
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0827604149
ISBN-13
9780827604148
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
Imprint
Jewish Publication Society
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 15th, 1989
Print length
668 Pages
Weight
1,310 grams
Dimensions
19.30 x 24.90 x 3.50 cms
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Presents the two-thousand year history of Jewish responses to catastrophe. The cyclical nature of violent regimes and their overthrow is delineated in these recurring images of sin, martyrdom, and retribution that have sustained the Jewish people despite pogroms, massacres, and expulsions - from the destruction of the First Temple through the Holocaust to the eventual return to their homeland.
David Roskies, in one hundred powerful selections, presents the two-thousand year history of Jewish responses to catastrophe. The cyclical nature of violent regimes and their overthrow is delineated in these recurring images of sin, martyrdom, and retribution that have sustained the Jewish people despite pogroms, massacres, and expulsions -- from the destruction of the First Temple through the Holocaust to the eventual return to their homeland.
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