Memory and History in Christianity and Judaism

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Summary: An informative array of very highly recommended essays
Review: Judaism and Christianity are religious communities bound together by rituals of commemoration reaffirming to each its identity in the present through images and words from the past. During the 20th century, both Jews and Christians have engaged in a creative dialogue with historical disciplines and held conversations significantly altering their respective approaches to theological and religious language. Modernity undermined naive conjunctions between memory and ritualization, challenging the validity of memory grounded in the authority of divine revelation. In Memory And History In Christianity And Judaism, Michael Signer has gathered together an informative array of very highly recommended essays and responses by erudite and knowledgeable contributors affirming the difficulty and desirability of lining history and memory with the context of the Jewish and Christian communities.