The Posen Library
10 Volumes. 10,000 Pages.
3,000 Years of Jewish Culture. The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization is a ten–volume series that collects more than 3,000 years of Jewish cultural artifacts, texts, and paintings, selected by more than 120 internationally recognized scholars. Volume 10: 1973–2005
A treasury of Jewish creative works from around the world, this volume of the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization introduces readers to the great diversity of Jewish civilization, covering the momentous period from 1973 to 2005.
Painting: Jill Nathanson 2005 © Jews and Words
Jews and Words is a deeply personal and often playful reflection on how the trans-
mission of words across generations has bound and continues to bind the Jews into a people. Jewish history, the authors argue, is a unique continuum, one that is neither primarily ethnic nor political; its central artery is not a bloodline, but a textline. New Reviews
Praise for Volume 10
A feast of Jewish culture, in 10 volumes.— Chronicle of Higher Education Praise for Jews and Words In [Jews and Words],...boisterous excitement over words and ideas generates a little paradise beyond politics.— Independent Painting: Jill Nathanson 2005 © Volume 10: 1973–2005
With more than 800 selections, the volume contains examples that best define Jewish culture and civilization - religious and secular, high and low, elite and popular.
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