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Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History

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ISBN-10: 0805208410

ISBN-13: 9780805208412

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Biale

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In this radical reinterpretation of Jewish history, David Biale tackles the myth of Jewish political passivity between the fall of an independent Jewish Commonwealth in 70 C.E. and the rebirth of the state of Israel in 1948. He argues that Jews throughout history demonstrated a savvy understanding of political life; they were neither as powerless as the memory of the Holocaust years would suggest nor as powerful as the contemporary state of Israel would imply. Book jacket.
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Book details

List price: $21.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/10/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.52" wide x 8.38" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Robert S. Westman is Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego.David Biale is the Emmanuel Ringelblum Professor of Jewish History at the University of California, Davis. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Preface
Introduction: The Crisis of Jewish Ideology
Sovereignty and Imperialism in Antiquity
The Political Theory of the Diaspora
Corporate Power in the Middle Ages
Absolutism and Enlightenment
Between Haskalah and Holocaust
Israel and the Meaning of Modern Sovereignty
American Jews and Contemporary Diaspora Power
Epilogue: The Political Legacy of Jewish History
Notes
Index