ISBN:
9780253033512
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 180 Seiten
Year of publication:
2018
Series Statement:
German Jewish cultures
Uniform Title:
Ḥipus aḥar ha-ʿam ha-ʿIvri Ilani, ʿOfri
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ilani, ʿOfri In search of the Hebrew people
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ilani, ʿOfri In search of the Hebrew people
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ilani, ʿOfri In search of the Hebrew people
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ilani, ʿOfri In search of the Hebrew people
DDC:
221.60943/09033
Keywords:
Michaelis, Johann David
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Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish 18th century
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History
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Politics in the Bible
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Jews History To 70 A.D
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Enlightenment
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Jewish law Biblical teaching
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Hochschulschrift
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Deutschland
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Aufklärung
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Nationalismus
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Intellektualismus
;
Auserwähltes Volk
;
Judenbild
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Deutschland
;
Bibel Altes Testament
;
Historische Kritik
;
Israel
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Aufklärung
;
Deutschland
;
Aufklärung
;
Nationalismus
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Intellektualismus
;
Auserwähltes Volk
;
Judenbild
;
Deutschland
;
Mitteleuropa
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1700-1799
Abstract:
"As German scholars, poets, and theologians searched for the origins of the ancient Israelites, Ofri Ilany believes they created a model for nationalism that drew legitimacy from the Biblical idea of the Chosen People. In this broad exploration of eighteenth-century Hebraism, Ilany tells the story of the surprising role that this model played in discussions of ethnicity, literature, culture, and nationhood among the German-speaking intellectual elite. He reveals the novel portrait they sketched of ancient Israel and how they tried to imitate the Hebrews while forging their own national consciousness. This sophisticated and lucid argument sheds new light on the myths, concepts, and political tools that formed the basis of modern German culture"--
Abstract:
1. Troglodytes, Hottentots, and Hebrews: the Bible and the genesis of German ethnography -- 2. The law and the people: Mosaic Law and the German Enlightenment -- 3. The eighteenth-century polemic on the extermination of the Canaanites -- 4. "Is Judah indeed the Teutonic fatherland?" the Hebrew model and the birth of German national culture -- 5. "Lovers of Hebrew poetry": the battle over the Bible's relevance at the turn of the nineteenth century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
