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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ilany, Ofri (Author)
Other Authors: Mishory, Ishai (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Hebrew
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Michaelis, Johann David, > 1717-1791.
Bible. > Old Testament.
Bible. > Ancien Testament > Critique, interpretation, etc. juives > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish > History > 18th century.
Politics in the Bible.
Jews.
Enlightenment.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Droit juif > Enseignement biblique.
Juifs > Histoire > Jusqu'à 70.
Politique dans la Bible.
Siecle des Lumieres > Allemagne.
Jewish law > Biblical teaching.
Jews > History > To 70 A.D.
Enlightenment > Germany.
Germany.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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