The Broken Staff (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank E. Manuel
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: Renaissance to the late twentieth century
- Setting: Europe and the United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Essays, History
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Jews or Jewish life, Talmud, Secularism
- Locales: Europe, United States
Frank E. Manuel has broken new ground in the history of ideas. In The Broken Staff: Judaism Through Christian Eyes, Manuel, historian and professor emeritus at both Brandeis and New York universities, has taken up the task of writing a history of the Christian appraisal of Jewish thought. Anyone familiar with the history of anti-Jewish sentiment in Christian thought is aware that this is a difficult field in which to work without bias. Manuel’s extraordinary objectivity makes it appear to be easily within grasp—an achievement facilitated by his forthrightly secular...
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