Education is at the centre of Jewish life and this book charts that development from the earliest periods through to the present. With a special emphasis on the key Talmudic period the author has carefully scrutinised both Jewish texts as well as the Greco-Roman sources to provide a comprehensive history.
Education is at the centre of Jewish life and this book charts that development from the earliest periods through to the present. With a special emphasis on the key Talmudic period the author has carefully scrutinised both Jewish texts as well as the Greco-Roman sources to provide a comprehensive history.
Moshe Aberbach (1924-2007) was Emeritus Professor of Jewish History and Literature, Baltimore Hebrew University. Born in Vienna, he came to England in 1938 in a Kindertransport. He studied Ancient History and Hebrew at Leeds University and received his Ph.D. (1959) from London University for a study of Jewish education in the time of the Talmud, later published in Hebrew. Among his other publications are books on Targum, Jewish labor in the talmudic period, and (with his son, David) the Roman-Jewish wars. David Aberbach is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, McGill University, Montreal. He has published books on the Hebrew writers Mendele Mocher Sefarim, Bialik and Agnon; and his most recent book is Jewish Cultural Nationalism (Routledge).
Inhaltsangabe
Moshe Aberbach: A Biographical Foreword David Aberbach Introduction: The Origins of Jewish Education in the Ancient World Part 1: Essays 1. Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves 2. Joseph and his Brothers and the History of the Twelve Tribes 3. Anti-Hellenism in the Book of Daniel 4. Imperial Greek Freedmen and the Fall of the Jewish State, 70 CE 5. Herod and Josephus: Patriots or Traitors? 6. Opposition to the Prophets in the Talmud 7. Pharaoh and Roman Egypt in Rabbinic Literature 8. King Hezekiah and Judah Hanasi: Messianic Links 9. The Rabbis, Education and the Obliteration of Class 10. Charismatic and Anti-Charismatic Elements in Judaism 11. Saadia Gaon: the Struggle for Jewish Unity 12. Maimonides: Myth and Reality 13. Ancient Roots of European Anti-Semitism and Jewish Patriotism 14. Abraham Geiger and Samson Raphael Hirsch 15. On Being a Jewish Historian 16. The Roots of Religious anti-Zionism 17. Halakhah and the Modern World: the Question of Smoking 18. Demented Messianists and Modern Secularists Part 2: Viennese Memoir, 1924-38 1. A Viennese upbringing 2. Father 3. Mother 4. Family history and legend 5. My parents and me 6. Hebrew teaching and holidays 7. Relatives and friends 8. School 9. The Chajesrealgymnasium (1934-1938) 10. My schoolmates 11. Under Nazi rule (March-December 1938) 12. Kindertransport
Moshe Aberbach: A Biographical Foreword David Aberbach Introduction: The Origins of Jewish Education in the Ancient World Part 1: Essays 1. Aaron, Jeroboam, and the Golden Calves 2. Joseph and his Brothers and the History of the Twelve Tribes 3. Anti-Hellenism in the Book of Daniel 4. Imperial Greek Freedmen and the Fall of the Jewish State, 70 CE 5. Herod and Josephus: Patriots or Traitors? 6. Opposition to the Prophets in the Talmud 7. Pharaoh and Roman Egypt in Rabbinic Literature 8. King Hezekiah and Judah Hanasi: Messianic Links 9. The Rabbis, Education and the Obliteration of Class 10. Charismatic and Anti-Charismatic Elements in Judaism 11. Saadia Gaon: the Struggle for Jewish Unity 12. Maimonides: Myth and Reality 13. Ancient Roots of European Anti-Semitism and Jewish Patriotism 14. Abraham Geiger and Samson Raphael Hirsch 15. On Being a Jewish Historian 16. The Roots of Religious anti-Zionism 17. Halakhah and the Modern World: the Question of Smoking 18. Demented Messianists and Modern Secularists Part 2: Viennese Memoir, 1924-38 1. A Viennese upbringing 2. Father 3. Mother 4. Family history and legend 5. My parents and me 6. Hebrew teaching and holidays 7. Relatives and friends 8. School 9. The Chajesrealgymnasium (1934-1938) 10. My schoolmates 11. Under Nazi rule (March-December 1938) 12. Kindertransport
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