[PDF.35rh] Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

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 | #229069 in Books |  2015-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.40 x1.40 x9.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||43 of 48 people found the following review helpful.| Censors for the sake of Heaven|By Paul Shaviv|I just spent the recent holiday weekend reading this important and fascinating (if somewhat depressing) book from cover to cover. Marc Shapiro has given us another excellent work. With meticulous documentation he shows a series of different examples of how Orthodox rabbinic works have been altered, censored and mutilated to hide| ||"It is a blessing to have in English such a felicitous treatment of the fruits of modern Israeli scholarship on piyyut or Jewish hymnography incorporated into the author's own prodigious research ...The work is the best introduction in English to the whole su

Changing the Immutable focuses on how segments of Orthodox society have taken upon themselves to rewrite the past, by covering up and literally cutting out that which does not fit in with their contemporary world-view. For reasons ranging from theological considerations to internal religious politics to changing religious standards, such Jewish self-censorship abounds, and Marc Shapiro discusses examples from each category, In a number of cases the original text is shown...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Changing the Immutable: How Orthodox Judaism Rewrites Its History (Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)   |  Marc B. Shapiro. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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