Jewish Drama & Theatre : From Rabbinical Intolerance to Secular Liberalism.
Jewish theater has followed a tortuous path from extreme rabbinical intolerance to eventual secular liberalism, with its openness to the heritages of both Judaism as a culture and prominent foreign cultures, to the extent of multicultural integration. Arguing that since biblical times until the 17th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sussex Academic Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Jewish theater has followed a tortuous path from extreme rabbinical intolerance to eventual secular liberalism, with its openness to the heritages of both Judaism as a culture and prominent foreign cultures, to the extent of multicultural integration. Arguing that since biblical times until the 17th century, there are only examples of tangential theater practices, this account details the history of the creation and progression of Jewish drama and theater. It states that the initial intolerance, shared by the Church, was rooted in pagan connota. |
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| Item Description: | Functional approaches to myth. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 178284094X 9781782840947 9781782840961 1782840966 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
