The making of the modern Jewish Bible: how scholars in Germany, Israel, and America transformed an ancient text

Spinoza as Jewish Bible critic -- pt. 1. The emergence of modern Jewish Bible studies in Germany. Introduction : starting with Germany -- Mendelssohn's Bible : the ideal of Jewish self-sufficiency -- Samson Raphael Hirsch : the chimera of self-explanatory Scripture -- Benno Jacob and the call f...

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Main Author: Levenson, Alan T. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham Boulder New York Toronto Plymouth, UK Rowman & Littlefield [2011]
In:Year: 2011
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Israel / USA / Old Testament / Biblical studies / Judaism
B Germany / Biblical studies / Judaism / History
B Israel / Biblical studies / Judaism
B USA / Biblical studies / Judaism
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish United States
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish Germany
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish (United States)
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish (Germany)
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish (Israel)
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish Israel
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Summary:Spinoza as Jewish Bible critic -- pt. 1. The emergence of modern Jewish Bible studies in Germany. Introduction : starting with Germany -- Mendelssohn's Bible : the ideal of Jewish self-sufficiency -- Samson Raphael Hirsch : the chimera of self-explanatory Scripture -- Benno Jacob and the call for a "Jewish" Bible scholarship -- The Martin Buber-Franz Rosenzweig Bible : culture or religion? -- pt. 2. Zionism and the creation of a national Bible. Introduction : the Bible in modern Israel -- Early Zionism and the Bible : Ahad Haam and his opponents -- The Bible as national linchpin : David Ben-Gurion and his opponents -- Nehema Leibowitz's Bible : returning tradition to the text -- pt. 3. The flowering of Jewish Bible studies in North America. Introduction : America and the Jewish Bible -- Finding a Jewish voice : Nahim Sarna and Robert Alter -- Seeking an American Jewish Bible -- Conclusion: Is there a "Jewish School" of modern Bible study?
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 233-239. - Indexe
ISBN:1442205164