Shalom Goldman

Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity

Seven Twentieth-Century Converts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish-Christian Difference and Modern Jewish Identity: Seven Twentieth-Century Converts contends that in the twentieth century the borders dividing the Jewish and Christian faiths have, for many people, become fluid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780739196083
• ISBN-10: 0739196081
• Artikelnr.: 42808805

Autorenporträt

By Shalom Goldman

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Demons' Wager Chapter One: Who is a Jew? Chapter Two: The
Conversions of Ruth Ben David (1920-2000). Chapter Three: Jean-Marie
Lustiger, The "Jewish Cardinal: (1926-2007). Chapter Four: Donato Manduzio
and the Converts of San Nicandro: A Group Conversion to Judaism in 1930s
Italy (Donato Manduzio, 1885-1948). Chapter Five: Happy About His
Conversion, Miserable About His Apostasy: The 1945 Apostasy of Rabbi Zolli
Revisited (Israel Zolli, 1881-1956). Chapter Six: "Ruth From the Banks of
the Volga": Elisheva Bikhovskhy (Elizaveta Ivanova Zhirkova, 1888-1949).
Chapter Seven: Apostasy and Citizenship: The Case of Brother Daniel (Oswald
Rufeisen, 1922-1998). Chapter Eight: Moishe Rosen, Founder of Jews For
Jesus (1932-2010). Epilogue