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Language: en
Pages: 252
Pages: 252
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983-11-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
An exploration of how American Jewish thinkers grapple with the notion of being the isolated “Chosen People” in a nation that is a melting pot. What does it
Language: en
Pages: 321
Pages: 321
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-31 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Named Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE Winnter of the Wesley-Logan Prize of the American Historical Association Winner of the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Priz
Language: en
Pages: 374
Pages: 374
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-09-05 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Six myths lie at the heart of the American experience. Taken as aspirational, four of those myths remind us of our noblest ideals, challenging us to realize our
Language: en
Pages: 274
Pages: 274
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-14 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Americans and Israelis have often thought that their nations were chosen, in perpetuity, to do God’s work. This belief in divine election is a potent, living
Language: en
Pages: 600
Pages: 600
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narrative
