What Are Jews For

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What Are Jews For

Author	: Adam Sutcliffe
File Size	: 52,7 Mb
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 16 June 2020
ISBN	: 9780691188805
Pages	: 370 pages

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What Are Jews For by Adam Sutcliffe Book PDF Summary

Introduction. What are Jews for? history and the purpose question -- Religion, sovereignty, Messianism : Jews and political purpose -- Reason, toleration, emancipation : Jews and philosophical purpose -- Teachers and traders : Jews and social purpose -- Light unto the nations : Jews and national purpose -- Normalization and its discontents : Jews and cultural purpose -- Conclusion. So what are Jews for?

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