Physical Description
xiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Section 1. Modern events in ancient perspectives. Why do we call the Holocaust "The Holocaust"? : an inquiry into the psychology of labels ; The practice of Judaism during the Shoah, 1933-1945 ; The furor over the Auschwitz convent : the inside and outside of the language bias ; The Rabin assassination in the long view and the short view : biblical radicalism in a modern context
Section 2. Teaching and learning from the past. Choosing among the strands : teaching Hebrew Bible survey to undergraduates at a secular university ; Teaching Shoah matters : a personal memoir
Section 3. Evolution and revolution. The Bible, the Sistine Chapel and the Liberty Bell : how do we understand the Bible in tradition? ; Faith from the ashes : an interview with Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller von Sell
Section 4. Ancient texts and modern technologies. Every dot and tiddle : a consideration of the limitation of computer imaging for the study of Dead Sea scrolls ; Working with a little more data : new finds in the 20th century : Semitic language of the ancient world.
Other Authors/Editors
Zuckerman, Bruce.
ISBN
076182894X
Notes
Section 1. Modern events in ancient perspectives. Why do we call the Holocaust "The Holocaust"? : an inquiry into the psychology of labels ; The practice of Judaism during the Shoah, 1933-1945 ; The furor over the Auschwitz convent : the inside and outside of the language bias ; The Rabin assassination in the long view and the short view : biblical radicalism in a modern context -- Section 2. Teaching and learning from the past. Choosing among the strands : teaching Hebrew Bible survey to undergraduates at a secular university ; Teaching Shoah matters : a personal memoir -- Section 3. Evolution and revolution. The Bible, the Sistine Chapel and the Liberty Bell : how do we understand the Bible in tradition? ; Faith from the ashes : an interview with Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller von Sell -- Section 4. Ancient texts and modern technologies. Every dot and tiddle : a consideration of the limitation of computer imaging for the study of Dead Sea scrolls ; Working with a little more data : new finds in the 20th century : Semitic language of the ancient world.
