Holy Russia, Sacred Israel: Jewish-Christian Encounters in Russian Religious Thought (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934843796)

Holy Russia, Sacred Israel examines how Russian religious thinkers, both Jewish and Christian, conceived of Judaism, Jewry and the 'Old Testament' philosophically, theologically and personally at a time when the Messianic element in Russian consciousness was being stimulated by events ranging from the pogroms of the 1880s, through two Revolutions and World Wars, to exile in Western Europe. An attempt is made to locate the boundaries between the Jewish and Christian, Russian and Western, Gnostic-pagan and Orthodox elements in Russian thought in this period. The author reflects personally on how the heritage of these thinkers - little analyzed or translated in the West - can help Orthodox (and other) Christians respond to Judaism (including 'Messianic Judaism'), Zionism, and Christian anti-Semitism today.

Author: Dominic Rubin
ISBN-10: 1934843792
ISBN-13: 9781934843796
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2010
Pages: 570
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.07lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 16