Behind The Wall

The Story of the Ghetto
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-91070-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in English in 1964, this volume describes the ghettos which formed medieval enclaves in the cities of Renaissance and post-Renaissance Europe. In their overcrowded quarter where the only protection against disease and epidemics was their own religious rules, the Jews were constantly exposed to violent attack, looting, and arson. Yet despite these conditions, the period of the ghetto was one of the richest eras of Jewish exile. The Bible was read and closely studied, culture and learning flourished and philosophical ideas were discussed and debated. The ghetto gave birth to Spinoza.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borchsenius, Poul

Weitere Mitwirkende

Spink, Reginald

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.The Ghetto 2. Open Doors 3. Excommunicated 4. Safad 5. Italy 6. Germany 7. Poland 8. The Third Temple 9. Destruction 10. A Vision that Faded 11. Narrow Paths 12. Hasidism 13. Living Ruins.

Über Autor(innen)

Poul Borchsenius was a Danish pastor and author. During the Nazi occupation of Denmark in the Second World War, Borchsenius was an active member of the underground resistance. He escaped to Sweden, where he engaged in welfare work among his Christian fellow-refugees.