"This is a book of extraordinary quality and importance. In tracing the encounter of Jews (the chosen people) and America (the chosen nation).. Eisen has given the American Jewish community a new understanding of itself." --American Jewish Archives ..". one of the most significant books on American Jewish thought written in recent years." --Choice What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as "a people ...
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"This is a book of extraordinary quality and importance. In tracing the encounter of Jews (the chosen people) and America (the chosen nation).. Eisen has given the American Jewish community a new understanding of itself." --American Jewish Archives ..". one of the most significant books on American Jewish thought written in recent years." --Choice What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as "a people that must dwell alone"? Although for centuries the notion of "The Chosen People" sustained Jewish identity, America, by offering Jewish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their Jewish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians--Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers--effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed Jews to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing Jewish tradition and identity.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 237 p. Modern Jewish Experi. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 82049296 Type of material Book Personal name Eisen, Arnold M., 1951-Main title The chosen people in America: a study in Jewish religious ideology / Arnold M. Eisen. Published/Created Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1983. Description x, 237 p.; 25 cm. ISBN 0253313651 LC classification BM613. E37 1983 Subjects Jews--Election, Doctrine of--History of doctrines--20th century. Judaism--United States--History--20th century. Notes Includes index. Bibliography: p. 217-233. Series The Modern Jewish experience Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind. ) Dewey class no. 296.3/11 Geographic area code n-us---
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Very Good. Inscribed by author on FEP. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Some sunning to jacket. Minimal soiling to page ends. Ships daily.
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237. Hardcover with dust jacket. Ink underlining through introduction only; none after. Dust jacket is edge worn and chipped. Corners and edges are curling and torn. Spine is faded. 237 pages. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon.
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