Power & Powerlessness in Jewish History
by BIALE, DAVIDFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1986-11-10
Publisher(s): Schocken
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Summary
In this radical reinterpretation of Jewish history, David Biale tackles the myth of Jewish political passivity between the fall of an independent Jewish Commonwealth in 70 C.E. and the rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948. He argues that Jews throughout history demonstrated a savvy understanding of political life; they were neither as powerless as the memory of the Holocaust years would suggest nor as powerful as the contemporary state of Israel would imply. Book jacket.
Author Biography
David Biale is the Koret Associate Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Introduction: The Crisis of Jewish Ideology | p. 3 |
| Sovereignty and Imperialism in Antiquity | p. 10 |
| The Political Theory of the Diaspora | p. 34 |
| Corporate Power in the Middle Ages | p. 58 |
| Absolutism and Enlightenment | p. 87 |
| Between Haskalah and Holocaust | p. 118 |
| Israel and the Meaning of Modern Sovereignty | p. 145 |
| American Jews and Contemporary Diaspora Power | p. 177 |
| Epilogue: The Political Legacy of Jewish History | p. 206 |
| Notes | p. 211 |
| Index | p. 238 |
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