| Description |
1 online resource (x, 180 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
German Jewish cultures
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German Jewish cultures.
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| Note |
English translation by Ishai Mishory. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History -- 18th century.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Michaelis, Johann David, 1717-1791.
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Michaelis, Johann David, 1717-1791. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Enlightenment -- Germany.
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Enlightenment. |
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Germany. |
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Politics in the Bible.
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Politics in the Bible. |
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Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.
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Jews. |
| Chronological Term |
To 70 A.D |
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Jewish law -- Biblical teaching.
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Jewish law. |
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Biblical teaching. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Mishory, Ishai, translator.
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| Added Title |
Ḥipuś aḥar ha-ʻam ha-ʻIvri. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018000591
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ilany, Ofri. In search of the Hebrew people. First edition. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018] 9780253033512 (DLC) 2018000289 |
| ISBN |
9780253033857 (electronic book) |
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0253033853 (electronic book) |
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9780253033512 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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