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Author Kirsch, Jonathan, 1949-

Title The woman who laughed at God : the untold history of the Jewish people / Jonathan Kirsch.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Whitehead  296.09 K639w 2001    ---  Lib Use Only
Description xv, 317 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-303) and index.
Contents And Sarah laughed -- The people of the book -- A goddess of Israel -- The fighting Jew -- Twenty-four Judaisms -- In the ruined citadel -- Abominable heresies -- After Auschwitz -- Measured in blood -- A useful past.
Summary Shows Judaism to be a diverse religion, describing individuals from Biblical times to the twentieth century who have defined Judaism in different ways, and discussing the religion in the wake of the Holocaust.
Subject Judaism -- History.
Judaism -- Essence, genius, nature.
Jews -- Identity.
Jews -- Identity. (OCoLC)fst00983278
Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00984280
Judaism -- Essence, genius, nature. (OCoLC)fst00984306
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0670030090 (alk. paper)
9780670030095 (alk. paper)

 
    
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