Language in Time of Revolution

"With his customary versatility and lucidity Harshav has given us . . . a host of new and provocative insights into modern Jewish history. . . . This book is an outstanding attempt to juxtapose the revolution in Jewish life with that of the Hebrew language in such a way that each informs our understanding of the other."--Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Columbia University

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About the author

Benjamin Harshav is Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Yale University. Among his many books is The Meaning of Yiddish (Stanford paperback, 1999).

Summary

This book on culture and consciousness in history concerns the worldwide transformations of Jewish culture and society and the revival of the ancient Hebrew language following the waves of pogroms in Russia in 1881.

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“With his customary versatility and lucidity Harshav has given us . . . a host of new and provocative insights into modern Jewish history. . . . This book is an outstanding attempt to juxtapose the revolution in Jewish life with that of the Hebrew language in such a way that each informs our understanding of the other.”—Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Columbia University

Product details

• Authors: Harshav Benjamin, Barbara Harshav, Benjamin Harshav
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1999
• EAN: 9780804735407
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3540-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 227 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Contraversions Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences; Contraversions: Jews and Other; Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics