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Edith Stein's Life in a Jewish Family, 1891–1916

A Companion

Joyce Avrech Berkman

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English
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
11 April 2023
Edith Stein’s Life in a Jewish Family, 1891–1916 is a treasure trove for the study of Stein’s youth and early adulthood, her approach to writing autobiographically, and her intricate relationship with historical influences of her time and place. Through intellectual mining Stein’s narrative and conducting a comprehensive historical analysis of Stein’s achievement as a distinct type of autobiography, Joyce Avrech Berkman argues that a key axis of Stein’s consciousness, values, philosophical ideas, and life choices is a deep, tense, unresolved, philosophical, and spiritual struggle to both uphold traditional societal and cultural values and practices and also critiquing them to pioneer new patterns of thought. Berkman further probes the sharply controversial nature of Stein’s autobiography for her family members and Stein scholars in the decades after her death. Edith Stein’s Life in a Jewish Family, 1891–1916: A Companion serves as an important guide to scholars in autobiographical studies, history, philosophy, and theology, as well as to a broader readership interested in Stein’s life for religious and cultural reasons.

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Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 236mm,  Width: 157mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   422g
ISBN:   9781666912494
ISBN 10:   1666912492
Series:   Edith Stein Studies
Pages:   176
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joyce Avrech Berkman is professor emerita of history at the University of Massachusetts.

Reviews for Edith Stein's Life in a Jewish Family, 1891–1916: A Companion

The studies philosopher Joyce Avrech Berkman has long conducted on Edith Stein have not only left a significant mark on the scholarly community but are also a guarantee of attention to the sources. All of Berkman's interpretations of Stein are solidly grounded because they are based on Stein's own writings. This new book is yet further testimony to the author's deep knowledge of Stein's works. Readers will find the book very useful because, in her exegesis, Berkman helps us understand how scholarly research on Edith Stein is closely connected to her life events. Indeed, the study of Stein's phenomenological activity and that of her personal vicissitudes are so intimately intertwined that one sheds light on the other. Professor Berkman is able to deal skillfully with these two aspects because of her masterful command of both, and she draws on her many years of experience and careful study of Edith Stein's works. This book will help readers approach Stein by offering new and illuminating insights. At the same time, it opens up a new pathway for thought while providing scholars a unique and compelling opportunity to revisit Stein and her philosophical contribution. -- Francesco Alfieri, Pontifical Lateran University


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