Format:
1 online resource (456 pages)
ISBN:
9780195361988
Series Statement:
Studies in Contemporary Jewry Ser v.Vol. VII
Content:
The seventh volume of the acclaimed annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning examines the significance and meaning of messianic metaphors, themes, and ideals in modern Jewish history and culture. In addition to the standard symposia, book reviews, and lists of recent dissertations in Jewish studies, the volume includes contributions from such noted scholars of Jewish history as Jody Elizabeth Myerson on the messianic idea and Zionist ideologies; Aviezer Ravitsky on Zionism and the state of Israel as anti-messianic undertakings; Yaacov Shavit on realism and messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv; Hannan Hever on poetry and messianism in Palestine between the two world wars; Paul Mendes-Flohr on Jewish theological responses to political messianism in the Weimar Republic; and Richard Wolin on Jewish secular messianism.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Symposium Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning -- The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies -- Interpreting Messianic Rhetoric in the Russian Haskalah and Early Zionism -- Forcing the End": Zionism and the State of Israel as Antimessianic Undertakings -- A Neglected Chapter in the History of Christian Zionism in America: William E. Blackstone and the Petition of 1916 -- Birth Pangs of the Messiah: The Reflections of Two Polish Rabbis on Their Era -- Realism and Messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv -- Poetry and Messianism in Palestine Between the Two World Wars -- The Stronger and the Better Jews": Jewish Theological Responses to Political Messianism in the Weimar Republic -- Reflections on Jewish Secular Messianism -- The Messianism of Gush Emunim -- Essays -- The Yishuv and the Jews in Europe, 1938-1945 -- A Current Debate: An Introductory Note -- Illegal Immigration During the Second World War: Its Suspension and Subsequent Resumption -- Ben-Gurion and the Second World War: Plans for Mass Immigration to Palestine -- A Note on the Demographic and Economic Structure of the Jewish Community in Quito, Ecuador -- The Gezerd Down Under -- Review Essays -- Two Halls of Ivy and a Hybrid Hothouse: The Jews of Harvard, Yale and Yeshiva Universities -- The Trials and Temptations of Conversion -- The Two Zions and the Exodus from Ethiopia -- The "New Historians" and the Establishment of Israel -- Vienna, the Habsburg Empire and the Jews -- Book Reviews (by subject) -- Political and Communal History -- Michael Ashkenazi and Alex Weingrod (eds.), Ethiopian Jews and Israel -- Steven Beller, Vienna and the Jews 1867-1938: A Cultural History -- George E. Berkley, Vienna and Its Jews: The Tragedy of Success, 1880-1980s -- John Bunzl, Der lange Arm der Erinnerung: Jüdisches Selbstbewusstsein heute.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195066906
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195066906
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Print version Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era : Metaphor and Meaning
Language:
English
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