Making of the Modern Jewish Bible - How Scholars in Germany, Israel, America Transformed an Ancient Text

Informationen zum Autor Alan T. Levenson is the Schusterman/Josey Professor of Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of several books, including Modern Jewish Thinkers: An Introduction, The Story of Joseph: A Journey of Jewish Interpretation, and Between Philosemitism and Antisemitism. Defenses of Jews & Judaism in Germany, 1871-1932. Klappentext The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible explains how Jewish translators, commentators, and scholars made the Bible a keystone of Jewish life in Germany, Israel and America. In each site, a particular need -religion, nationalism, ethnicity -drove the enterprise of Bible study as scholars wrestled with the demands of the non-Jewish environment and their own indigenous traditions. Contrary to popular conceptions, the author argues that the modern period has been the golden age of Jewish Bible study. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Spinoza As Jewish Bible CriticPart I. The Emergence of Modern Jewish Bible Studies in GermanyIntroduction: Starting with GermanyChapter 2: Mendelssohn's Bible: The Ideal of Jewish Self-SufficiencyChapter 3: Samson Raphael Hirsch: The Chimera of Self-Explanatory ScriptureChapter 4: Benno Jacob and the Call for a "Jewish" Bible ScholarshipChapter 5: The Martin Buber-Franz Rosenzweig Bible: Culture or Religion?Part II. Zionism and the Creation of a National Bible Introduction: The Bible in Modern IsraelChapter 6: Early Zionism and the Bible: Ahad Haam and His OpponentsChapter 7: The Bible As National Linchpin: David Ben Gurion and His OpponentsChapter 8: Nehama Leibowitz's Bible: Returning Tradition to the TextPart III. The Flowering of Jewish Bible Studies in North AmericaIntroduction: America and the Jewish BibleChapter 9: Finding A Jewish Voice: Nahum Sarna & Robert AlterChapter 10: Seeking An American Jewish BibleConclusion: Is There A "Jewish School" of Modern Bible Study?NotesSelective BibliographyIndexAbout the Author...

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• Authors: Alan Levenson, Alan T Levenson, Alan T. Levenson, Levenson Alan T.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2011
• EAN: 9781442205161
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0516-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Judaism / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Judaism / Theology, Theology, Christianity, History of Religion, Judaism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Judaism: theology, Literary Studies;World Literary Studies