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In Search of the Hebrew People : Bible and Nation in the German Enlightenment /

"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 st...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ilany, Ofri (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Mishory, Ishai (Traducteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Hebrew
Publié: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.