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Seeking Zion : Modernity and Messianic Activity in the Writings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer.
Focusing on the teachings of Tsevi Hirsch Kalischer, this study examines the modern revival of the belief among religious Jews that they are duty-bound to hasten messianic redemption.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Note on Transliteration and Sources; 1: The Messianic Idea in Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Europe, 1782-1819; The Foundations of Messianic Thought; The First Conflicts; Transitions; Messianism and Conflict over Liturgical Reform; 2: Raising a Rabbi in the Posen District, 1795-1823; Polish Jewish Society at Kalischer's Birth; Education; Marriage and Earning a Livelihood; 3: The Letter to Rothschild, 1836; The Messianic Theory; Kalischer's Proposal; The Prussian Territories during the 1820s and 1830s.
- The Prussian Political Ethos4: Sacrifice and Redemption, 1836-1837; Halakhic Problems and Solutions, 1836; Seeking Rabbinic Consent to the Renewal of Sacrifice, 1836-1837; 5: Finding a Proper Faith, 1837-1855; Reason and Traditional Learning; Miracles; God's Role in History; The Meaning of the Sacrifices; Responding to Religious Innovation; 6: The Return to Activism, 1855-1861; Poverty and Agricultural Labour; Palestine; The Rise of Jewish Notables and Jewish Civic Emancipation; The Restoration of Sacrificial Worship; 7: Seeking Zion, 1862-1874; The Land; Defending Realistic Messianism.
- The Interpretative Key and Contemporary Hidden MiraclesThe Secondary Rationales; The Sacrifices; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Rabbinic References; General Index.