The Woman Who Laughed At God by Adam Kirsch
The Untold History of the Jewish People
A brisk, provocative history tracing Jewish identity from biblical times to the present, showing how skepticism, adaptation, and disagreement have shaped a people as much as faith and law. Moving from Sarah’s incredulous laughter to the Khazars, Ethiopian and Chinese communities, conversos, Hasidim, Reformers, Zionists, and American assimilation, it dismantles the idea of a single, unified narrative and highlights the global diversity of Jewish experience. It argues that survival and continuity have depended as much on heterodoxy and reinvention as on tradition, urging a rethinking of what makes a people Jewish.
- Published
- 2001
- Nationality
- American
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- Pages
- 336-352
- Original Language
- English
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