A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom
Autor Adam Jortneren Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197536865
ISBN-10: 0197536867
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 155 x 226 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197536867
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 155 x 226 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Jortner's research is unquestionably exhaustive, and the text occasionally overflows with biographical vignettes, which will appeal to readers with an interest in Jewish studies and early American history.
A great historian-and storyteller-of American religion has now brought his considerable talents to bear on the intersecting histories of Jews and the American founding. The result is a lively book filled to the brim with fascinating details and insightful interpretations. Adam Jortner offers his readers an authoritative account of early American Jews as well as a provocative challenge to some of our most persistent national myths.
This smart, well-written, and comprehensively researched history refutes 'Christian America' claims that Protestants alone founded the United States, and shows how Jews participated in the birth of American freedom, and freedom reshaped the lives of America's Jews. A timely and valuable contribution.
A Promised Land is now the definitive history of Jews and the American Revolution. Brimming with new insights about the meaning of the Revolution and the relationship between church and state in the early Republic, Adam Jortner's brilliant historical scholarship will change the way I teach and write about this era.
Adam Jortner gracefully delves into the complicated history of Jews in the era of the American Revolution. With deft storytelling and a keen eye on how Jews responded to both challenges and opportunities, Jortner argues that the American Revolution ushered in a new era of religious freedom--not as a matter of course, but because Jews and other religious minorities demanded that it be so. This is a must-read for those interested in the birth of American religious liberty.
Readers of all backgrounds dedicated to the success of the American experiment will no doubt gain great understanding and insight by reading Jortner's wonderful volume.
A great historian-and storyteller-of American religion has now brought his considerable talents to bear on the intersecting histories of Jews and the American founding. The result is a lively book filled to the brim with fascinating details and insightful interpretations. Adam Jortner offers his readers an authoritative account of early American Jews as well as a provocative challenge to some of our most persistent national myths.
This smart, well-written, and comprehensively researched history refutes 'Christian America' claims that Protestants alone founded the United States, and shows how Jews participated in the birth of American freedom, and freedom reshaped the lives of America's Jews. A timely and valuable contribution.
A Promised Land is now the definitive history of Jews and the American Revolution. Brimming with new insights about the meaning of the Revolution and the relationship between church and state in the early Republic, Adam Jortner's brilliant historical scholarship will change the way I teach and write about this era.
Adam Jortner gracefully delves into the complicated history of Jews in the era of the American Revolution. With deft storytelling and a keen eye on how Jews responded to both challenges and opportunities, Jortner argues that the American Revolution ushered in a new era of religious freedom--not as a matter of course, but because Jews and other religious minorities demanded that it be so. This is a must-read for those interested in the birth of American religious liberty.
Readers of all backgrounds dedicated to the success of the American experiment will no doubt gain great understanding and insight by reading Jortner's wonderful volume.
Notă biografică
Adam Jortner is Goodwin-Philpott Professor of History at Auburn University. He was a writer of the TV show Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? and the creator of series 10 Great What-Ifs in American History, as well as the Audible Originals series Faith and the Founding Fathers and American Monsters. He is the author of The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American Frontier, published by Oxford University Press.