The Talmud and the Internet: A Journey Between Worlds - Brossura

Rosen, Jonathan

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ISBN 10: 031242017X ISBN 13: 9780312420178

Casa editrice: Picador, 2001

Riassunto

Blending autobiographical musings, religious history, and literary reflection, the author of Eve's Apple explores the relationship between ancient religious tradition and modern technology as he reflects on the very different lives of his two grandmothers--one American, and one murdered by the Nazis--and examines the parallels between a page of the Talmud and the home page of a website. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Jonathan Rosen is the author of the novel Eve's Apple. He created the Arts & Letters section of The Forward, which he edited for ten years. His essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The American Scholar, and several anthologies. He lives in New York City.

Product Description:

"The Talmud and the Internet," in which Jonathan Rosen examines the contradictions of his inheritance as a modern American and a Jew, is a moving and exhilarating meditation on modern technology and ancient religious impulses. Blending memoir, religious history and literary reflection Rosen explores the remarkable parallels between a page of Talmud and the homepage of a web site, and reflects on the contrasting lives and deaths of his American and European grandmothers.

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• Editore: Picador
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 031242017X
• ISBN 13: 9780312420178
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144