| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 116 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brown Judaic studies ; number 365
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Brown Judaic studies ; no. 365.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Culture in the making -- Pre-Zionist Multiculturalism : Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Other Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem -- The New Zionist Road Map : From Old Gravesites to New Settlements -- Imperial Identities : Nationalism, Politics, and Culture -- Upstairs, Downstairs : Yiddish and Ivrit in Tel Aviv -- Revolution and Nostalgia : The Changing Images of the Shtetl -- Lubavitch, Berlin, and Kinneret : From the "Science of Judaism" to the "Science of Zionism" -- From St. Petersburg to Zion : The Discovery of Jewish National Music -- Conclusion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Civilization.
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Jews -- Civilization. |
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Israel -- Civilization.
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Israel. |
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Civilization. |
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Palestine -- Civilization.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barṭal, Yiśraʼel. Tangled roots. Providence, Rhode Island : Brown University, [2020] 9781951498726 (DLC) 2019059353 (OCoLC)1135930926 |
| ISBN |
1951498747 (electronic book) |
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9781951498740 (electronic book) |
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9781951498726 (paperback) |
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9781951498733 (hardcover) |
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