Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
2017
Publication Source
The Cambridge History of Judaism Vol. 7: The Early Modern World, 1500-1815
Volume
7
Start Page
1089
Last Page
1109
DOI
10.1017/9781139017169.043
Abstract
Given its composite nature, The Cambridge History of Early Modern Judaism cannot easily stake out a single authoritative position on what early modern Jewish culture and society means in its totality. Taking as a whole the variegated perspectives presented elsewhere in this volume, and despite the strong hands of the editors in organizing a coherent exposition of the period, it is virtually impossible to expect one unified viewpoint to emerge. Without some notion of what the whole representes, however, one is hard pressed to suggest in what ways this epoch is continuous or discontinuous with the period that follows it — that is, the modern period itself.
Copyright/Permission Statement
Originally published by Cambridge University Press © 2017. Reproduced with permission.
Recommended Citation
Ruderman, D.B. (2017). Looking Backward and Forward: Rethinking Jewish Modernity in the Light of Early Modernity. In Karp, J., & Sutcliffe, A. (Eds.), The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume 7: The Early Modern World, 1089-1109. Cambridge University Press.
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Date Posted: 19 February 2019