Reuchlin’s keen interest in Jewish mysticism resulted in the original publication of this work in 1517. The first part of this dialogue reflects on messianism; the second part on the relation of the Pythagorean system to the Kabbalah; and the third on the "practical Kabbalah."
#1098403 in Books Ingramcontent 2015-04-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.03 x 1.91 x 8.12l; .0 #File Name: 0803274696920 pagesHow Was It Possible A Holocaust Reader
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Lawrence B.Impressive collection of the most current scholarship on the Holocaust.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. excellent! just thoroughly excellent for anyone trying to teach ...By William Sullivan IIexcellent! just thoroughly excellent for anyone trying to teach holocaust lit.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not Only Jews Lost Property. Did You Know That 50 Million People Were Made Homeless by World War II?By Jan PeczkisThe very title of this book partakes of the mystification of the Holocaust: It tacitly assumes that the Nazi genocide of the Jews is exceptional and in need of a profound explanation; while the multitudes of non-Jewish genocides implicitly are not and do not. After all; almost no one writes books asking “How was it possible that there was a genocide of: Poles; Armenians; Herrero; or (fill-in the blank)â€. What does this tell us?Many technical issues in this book are raised in my comments under this review.SOFT-PEDDLING OF THE JEWISH COLLABORATION WITH THE NAZISAs with some of his other works; author Peter Hayes tends to minimize the significance of Jewish-Nazi collaboration. (pp. 334-335). Fact; is; not all the Jewish collaborative acts were “choiceless choices.†Nor were Jews always powerless in whatsoever they did. Far from it. For details; see Comments under this review.A VERY UNOBJECTIVE PORTRAYAL OF THE POLISH BLUE POLICE (POLICJA GRANATOWA)A major shortcoming of this book is the inclusion of Jan Grabowski and his disastrous portrayal of the mostly non-collaborationist POLICJA GRANATOWA. For corrective; see Comments. The reader interested in an objective portrayal of the situation facing Poles and Jews; in Dabrowa Tarnowska County; in Nazi-German-occupied Poland; should click on; and read my detailed English-language review; of Krwawe Upiory (Polish Edition).FINALLY; A MEASURE OF JUSTICE TO ALL VICTIMS OF NAZI GERMAN CRIMINALITYAuthor Peter Hayes give the reader of this volume a welcome break from the usual Judeocentric preoccupation with Jewish sufferings. The reader is reminded of the truly staggering scale of overall human suffering caused by WWII. Hayes writes; “Nazi aggression brought unprecedented destruction and upheaval to Europe between 1939 and 1945. Thirty-six and one-half million Europeans died from war-related causes; over half of them civilians. At least fifty million persons became homeless. By 1943; thirty million inhabitants had been uprooted and transplanted; and that was before the Red Army’s advance toward Berlin set millions more in motion.†(pp. 258-259).The usual complaints nowadays; promoted by the Holocaust Industry; about millions of properties of murdered Jews falling into the hands of gentiles ("unjust enrichment"); now come into perspective. In fact; these complaints are almost surreal--in view of the fact of over 30 million transplanted and 50 million WWII homeless!
