Surviving Sacrilege

by Steven Weitzman

In a world of relentless and often violent change, what does it take for a culture to survive? Steven Weitzman addresses this question by exploring the "arts of cultural persistence"--the tactics that cultures employ to sustain themselves in the face of intractable realities. Surviving Sacrilege focuses on a famously resilient culture caught between two disruptive acts of sacrilege: ancient Judaism between the destruction of the First Temple...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674017080
• ISBN13: 9780674017085
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.6"