""Obstinate Hebrews "gives us a startling new look at both the Enlightenment and the Jewish presence in eighteenth-century France. Both sets of voices come through loud and clear: the Philosophes debating citizenship for the Jews with much more complexity than has been believed; Jews responding with their own self-perceptions, claiming they could be French patriots and practitioners of the Jewish religion at the same time. The universal and the particular are in constant interaction in Schechter's lively pages. His book, ...
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""Obstinate Hebrews "gives us a startling new look at both the Enlightenment and the Jewish presence in eighteenth-century France. Both sets of voices come through loud and clear: the Philosophes debating citizenship for the Jews with much more complexity than has been believed; Jews responding with their own self-perceptions, claiming they could be French patriots and practitioners of the Jewish religion at the same time. The universal and the particular are in constant interaction in Schechter's lively pages. His book, through its deep immersion in the eighteenth century, speaks to issues of our time."--Natalie Zemon Davis, author of "Women on the Margins: Three Seventeenth Century Lives"
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 339 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Studies on the History of Society and Culture, 49.
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Seller's Description:
New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 339 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Studies on the History of Society and Culture, 49.
