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This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of Potok's "Wanderings". The development of anti-Semitic ideas throughout classical and modern culture is explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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not easy to decipher or put into perspective. In writing his 1987 history, "Wanderings: History of the Jews", renowned writer Chaim Potok casts the narrative of the Jewish faith in
terms of that faiths interaction with other world cultures, revealing how those interactions have been instrumental in the ideological evolution of anti-Semitism over the centuries. For instance, Potok writes about
Jewish tribal relations with early pagan tribes, Jewish relations with contemporary secular humanist society, and everything in between. This paper will summarize Potoks analysis of classical and modern pagan interactions
with the Jewish faith and how those interactions have promoted new forms of anti-Semitic thought. This paragraph helps the student present a summary overview of Potoks book, what it
contributes to Jewish historical discourse, and how it came to be. Before taking a look at how Potoks text handles the issue of classical and modern sources of anti-Semitism, it
may well be useful to gain some context for the development of the text. Potok was already a well established writer in the Jewish tradition when penned "Wanderings" in the
1970s; however, up until that point, his reputation had been founded entire upon the basis of his fictional works. "Wanderings", then, was something of a departure, venturing into historical territory.
However, Potok carefully planned the work for a period of years, even going so far as to travel around the world to as many of the locations he would write
about as possible, so that he would be able to write with the authority and accuracy of firsthand experience; this level of commitment is reflected in the naturalistic flow of
the book (Haas, 1978). Perhaps because of Potoks background as a fiction writer, his historical text is presented with an emphasis on presenting that history as an ongoing epic narrative;
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