Audiobooks by Anthony Julius

[Portuguese] - Abraão: uma perspectiva filosófica

"Nesta biografia ensaística original, o autor propõe uma leitura inédita da vida de Abraão, figura fundadora do judaísmo, dividindo sua trajetória em dois grandes momentos: o Abraão crítico, racional e iconoclasta que emerge em Ur dos caldeus, e o Abraão da fé absoluta, que aceita o chamado divino e conduz sua família rumo ao desconhecido. A partir de uma ampla articulação entre textos bíblicos, tradição rabínica, filosofia, pensamento moderno e crítica contemporânea, o livro analisa episódios centrais da narrativa abraâmica, com especial atenção à akedá — o sacrifício de Isaque."

Anthony Julius (Author), N.N. (digitally narrated) (Narrator)

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Abraham: The First Jew

"The story of Abraham, the first Jew, portrayed as two lives lived by one person, paralleling the contradictions in Judaism throughout its history In this new biography of Abraham, Judaism's foundational figure, Anthony Julius offers an account of the origins of a fundamental struggle within Judaism between skepticism and faith, critique and affirmation, thinking for oneself and thinking under the direction of another. Julius describes Abraham's life as two separate lives, and as a version of the collective life of the Jewish people. Abraham's first life is an early adulthood of questioning the polytheism of his home city of Ur Kasdim until its ruler, Nimrod, condemns him to death and he is rescued, he believes, by a miracle. In his second life, Abraham's focus is no longer on critique but rather on conversion and on his leadership over his growing household, until God's command that he sacrifice his son Isaac. This test, the Akedah (or 'Binding'), ends with another miracle, as he believes, but as Julius argues, it is also a catastrophe for Abraham. The Akedah represents for him an unsurpassed horizon—and in Jewish life thereafter. This book focuses on Abraham as leader of the first Jewish project, Judaism, and the unresolvable, insurmountable crisis that the Akedah represents—both in his leadership and in Judaism itself."

Anthony Julius (Author), Anthony Julius (Narrator)

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Responses to 7 October: Antisemitic Discourse

"One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Antisemitic Discourse focuses on the ideology that motivated it and the antisemitism that shaped many responses to it. It examines the provenance of the Jew-hatred, from English history to Palestinian Islamism; from toxic 19th century ‘Jewish Question’ rhetoric to the perversion of the Trotskyist tradition that allowed parts of the left to embrace antisemitism. It includes Howard Jacobson’s lecture of 22 October on antisemitism and it focuses on what was significant about this attack. There is discussion from Britain, Germany, Poland, and Norway, and a linguistic account of responses. This work will appeal to scholars, students and activists with an interest in antisemitism, Jewish studies and the politics of Israel."

Alan Johnson, Anna Zawadzka, Anthony Julius, David Hirsh, David Seymour, Flora Cassen, Howard Jacobson, Jeffrey Herf, Jonas Hessenauer, Lukas Uwira, Matthew Bolton, Robin Douglas, Rosa Freedman, Torkel Brekke, Yaron Matras (Author), Sarah Kants, Simon Schatzberger (Narrator)

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