| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages) |
| Contents |
Jewish history as history of religion: Wissenschaft des Judentums in the service of Reform and emancipation -- Between religion and nation: Graetz and his construction of Jewish history -- The nationalization of Jewish history: the view from the East -- Jewish history without tears? new perspectives in the West -- The return of the nation to its land: Zionist narrative perspectives -- Postmodern influences: a new subjectivity |
| Summary |
Prophets of the Past is the first book to examine in depth how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. Michael Brenner reveals that perhaps no other national or religious group has used their shared history for so many different ideological and political purposes as the Jews. He deftly traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow, the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians, and the short-lived efforts of Soviet-Jewish historians; to the work of British and American scholars such as Cecil Roth and Salo Baron; and to Zionist and post-Zionist interpretations of Jewish history. He also unravels the distortions of Jewish history writing, including antisemitic Nazi research into the "Jewish question," the Soviet portrayal of Jewish history as class struggle, and Orthodox Jewish interpretations of history as divinely inspired. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-295) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- Historiography
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Jewish historians.
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Judaism -- Historiography
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Jews -- History -- 1789-1945.
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HISTORY -- Jewish.
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Jewish historians
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Jews
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Jews -- Historiography
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Judaism -- Historiography
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rendall, Steven.
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| ISBN |
9781400836611 |
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1400836611 |
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1282692275 |
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9781282692275 |
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