Israel Abrahams (1858–1925)
Autore di Jewish Life in the Middle Ages
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Israel Abrahams (1858-1924) was a preeminent English scholar. A reader in rabbinic and talmudic literature at Cambridge, he was a pivotal figure in English intellectual life. A community leader, literary reviewer, and editor of the Jewish Quarterly Review, Abrahams was the author of many essays and mostra altro books mostra meno
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Opere di Israel Abrahams
Hebrew Ethical Wills (2) 8 copie
The Glory of God: Three Lectures 3 copie
The life of the synagogue 1 copia
Hebrew ethical wills. 2 vol 1 copia
Hebrew ethical will, Part Two 1 copia
Permanent values in Judaism 1 copia
Pathways in Judaism 1 copia
Sermons to Children 1 copia
Jewish customs and ceremonies 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Abrahams, Israel
- Data di nascita
- 1858-11-26
- Data di morte
- 1925-10-6
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- Jews' College
University College London
University of London (MA) - Attività lavorative
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teacher
scholar - Organizzazioni
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jewish Quarterly Review
Jewish Historical Society of London
Cambridge University - Breve biografia
- Israel Abrahams was born in London. His father Barnett Abrahams was a rabbinical scholar and principal of Jews' College, now the London School of Jewish Studies. Israel Abrahams was educated at Jews' College and University College, London, and earned a master's degree from the University of London.He wrote a number of classic works on Jewish history and literature, including Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896) and Chapters on Jewish Literature (1899).
He also taught for several years at Jews’ College before succeeding Solomon Schechter as reader in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his death. From 1888 to 1908 he was co-editor with Claude Montefiore of the Jewish Quarterly Review.
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- Opere
- 36
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 603
- Popolarità
- #41,679
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 87
- Lingue
- 4
I was particularly looking forward to “The Influence of Judaism on Islam”, as I’m interested in both religions. Ironically, this turned out to be the worst of the bunch. It’s full of snide and contemptuous comments about Mohammed and Muslims generally, and the author makes racist comments about Arabs. I also noticed a few factual errors. The fuck? If I wanted to hear this sort of thing I’d go down the pub. Those errors and the hostility made me doubt the truth of a lot of what he was telling me. I did actually consider once or twice if he were deliberately lying. The author was a professor at Durham. That’s a good university.
The antidote to that sort of thing is the very next essay where the Singers are able to discuss the interplay of Judaism and Islam in a completely normal and grown up kind of a way. In fact, the following three essays (two by the Singers and one by no less a personage than G H Box) are particularly good. In a series of thumbnail sketches of writers and their work they trace European history from the pit of the Dark Ages through to the Renaissance. Very interesting to see this sweep of time from a new perspective.
So on the whole worth dipping in to. You’ll definitely learn something and will be able to impress your friends, or your mother, if you don’t have any friends.
There’s also a very good essay on Judaism in the Hellenistic period by Edwyn Bevan that really falls outside the remit of the book, but is the kind of thing you can get away with if you’re the co-editor.
The Epilogue, by C G Montefiore, talks about his hopes and fears for the future of Judaism in Europe. It’s interesting, but not an easy read, looking back on his words from the other side of the Holocaust.… (altro)