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The Misuses of History
Barraclough, Geoffrey | November 10, 1956 issue

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This article presents information on two books. The books are: "An Historian's Approach to Religion," by Arnold Toynbee; and "The Professor and the Fossil," by Maurice Samuel. Maurice Samuel criticizes Arnold Toynbee in "The Professor and the Fossil." He says that Judaism is "not only an ethos" but also "an outlook on life." The implication is that the meaning of Judaism cannot be grasped by a cool intellectual appraisal of its theoretical content, but only by seeing what the Jews did with their religion and what their religion did with them. If ever there was a people for whom the religious experience is the central experience of their history, it is the Jews.

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BOOKS; HISTORIAN'S Approach to Religion, An (Book); TOYNBEE, Arnold; PROFESSOR & the Fossil, The (Book); SAMUEL, Maurice; JUDAISM; JEWS
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