03416nam 22006731 450 991078963620332120110609112435.01-4725-4874-41-283-20194-11-283-73620-997866132019420-8264-3906-31-4411-2863-810.5040/9781472548740(CKB)2670000000077496(EBL)674937(OCoLC)710974930(SSID)ssj0000473852(PQKBManifestationID)11306839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473852(PQKBWorkID)10449526(PQKB)10943929(MiAaPQ)EBC674937(Au-PeEL)EBL674937(CaPaEBR)ebr11002844(CaONFJC)MIL404870(OCoLC)893335315(OCoLC)713622287(UtOrBLW)bpp09255452(EXLCZ)99267000000007749620140929d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo be a Jew Joseph Chayim Brenner as a Jewish existentialist /Avi Sagi ; translated by Batya SteinLondon ;New York, NY :Continuum,2011.1 online resource (241 p.)The Kogod library of Judaic studies ;8Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-9583-1 1-4411-0973-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-214) and index.Preface -- 1. A preliminary Outline of Brenner's Approach -- 2. Brenner, the Personal Writer -- 3. Brenner and the Existential Meaning of Literature -- 4. An Existentialist Analysis of Existence -- 5. The Personal and the Jewish Dimensions -- 6. Moulding Jewish Life -- 7. Jewish Existence and Nationalism -- 8. Brenner's Manifesto: 'One the "Vision" of Apostasy' -- Bibliography -- Index."To Be a Jew deals with the question of the meaning and rationale that the writer Joseph Chayim Brenner attributes to Jewish existence. Many of Brenner's readers assumed that Brenner completely negated Jewish existence and sought to form a new way of life completely disconnected from the traditional Jewish existence. In contrast to this perception, Avi Sagi proves that not only did Brenner not reject the value of the Jewish existence, but the core of his creation was written out of a deep Jewish commitment. Brenner's greatest innovation is found in his new conception of Jewish existence. To be a Jew, according to Brenner, involves the willingness to discover solidarity with actual Jews, to participate in a society in which Jews can live a free life and to fashion their culture as they wish. Sagi presents the idea that Brenner's is not a Utopian, but a realistic, conception of Jewish existence. Thus this unique conception of Jewish existence is founded on an infrastructure of existential thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Kogod library of Judaic studies ;8.Joseph Chayim Brenner as a Jewish existentialistExistentialismJudaismExistentialism.892.4/35Sagi Abraham1097613UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910789636203321To be a Jew3671993UNINA