| Description |
1 online resource (x, 180 pages) |
| Series |
German Jewish cultures |
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German Jewish cultures.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
English translation by Ishai Mishory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2018) |
| Subject |
Michaelis, Johann David, 1717-1791.
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| SUBJECT |
Michaelis, Johann David, 1717-1791 fast |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- 18th century
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Enlightenment -- Germany
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Politics in the Bible.
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Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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Jewish law -- Biblical teaching
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Sacred Writings.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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Enlightenment
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Jews
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Politics in the Bible
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mishory, Ishai, translator
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| LC no. |
2018000957 |
| ISBN |
9780253033857 |
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0253033853 |
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9780253033871 |
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025303387X |
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