Life and Thought of Zeev Jawitz - To Cultivate a Hebrew Culture

The Life and Thought of Ze’ev Jawitz combines three interesting disciplines and ideologies: Orthodoxy, Nationalism, and Jewish Studies. This biography by Asaf Yedidya reflects the tension between these ideologies as a central arena for Judaism's encounter with modernity.

List of contents

Chapter One: Roots and Beginnings
Chapter Two: 1882: A Turning Point
Chapter Three: The Land of Israel
Chapter Four: Jerusalem
Chapter Five: The History of Israel
Chapter Six: Vilna
Chapter Seven: Vision
Chapter Eight: Germany
Chapter Nine: England

About the author

Asaf Yedidya is senior lecturer in Jewish history at Ariel University and Efrata College.

Product details

• Authors: Asaf Yedidya
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2021
• EAN: 9781793637543
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-754-3
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory; Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Israel, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / History, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Relating to Jewish people & groups, Middle Eastern history