TY  - BOOK
AU  - Efron,John M.
TI  - Medicine and the German Jews: a history 
SN  - 0300083777 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - R694 .E376 2001eb
U1  - 610/.89/924043 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Jewish physicians
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - Jews
KW  - Medicine
KW  - History of Medicine
KW  - Physicians
KW  - MEDICAL
KW  - Family & General Practice
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Osteopathy
KW  - Holistic Medicine
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS
KW  - Reference
KW  - Essays
KW  - Alternative Medicine
KW  - Holism
KW  - Artsen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Joden
KW  - მედიცინა--
KW  - ებრაელი ექიმები
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-338) and index; The emergence of the medieval Jewish physician -- Jewish physicians: in and out of the German ghetto -- Haskalah and healing: Jewish medicine in the age of enlightenment -- The Jewish body degenerate? -- The psychopathology of everyday Jewish life -- In praise of Jewish ritual: modern medicine and the defense of ancient traditions -- Before the storm: Jewish doctors in the Kaiserreich and Weimar Republic
N2  - In this powerful book one of the most important Jewish thinkers in the world today grapples with issues that increasingly divide Israel's secular Jewish community from its religious Zionists. Addressing the concerns of both communities from the point of view of one who is deeply committed to religious pluralism, David Hartman suggests a more inclusive and inviting framework for the modern Israeli engagement of the Jewish tradition. He offers a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish -- one which is neither assimilationist nor backward-looking, and one that enables different Jewish groups to celebrate their own traditions without demonizing or patronizing others. In a world polarized between religious and secular and caught within a sectarian denominationalism, Hartman shows the way to build bridges of understanding. The book explores the philosophies of two major Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages, Yehuda Halevi and Moses Maimonides. A careful analysis of Maimonides' approach to Judaism shows that messianism is not the predominant organizing principle that makes Judaism intelligible and significant, Hartman contends. He argues against Halevi's triumphalism and in favor of using the Sinai covenant for evaluating the religious significance of Israel, for this approach gives meaning to Zionists' religious commitments while also empowering secular Israelis to reengage with the Jewish tradition
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