In search of the Hebrew people: Bible and nation in the German enlightenment

"As German scholars, poets, and theologians searched for the origins of the ancient Israelites, Ofri Ilany believes they created a model for nationalism that drew legitimacy from the Biblical idea of the Chosen People. In this broad exploration of eighteenth-century Hebraism, Ilany tells the st...

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Main Author: Ilani, ʿOfri (Author)
Contributors: Mishory, Ishai (Translator)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington, Indiana Indiana University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ilani, ʿOfri, In search of the Hebrew people: Bible and Nation in the German Enlightenment] (2020) (Cohen, Netta)
[Rezension von: Ilani, ʿOfri, In search of the Hebrew people: Bible and Nation in the German Enlightenment] (2019) (Elyada, Aya)
Series/Journal:German Jewish cultures
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Germany / Enlightenment / Nationalism / Intellectualism / Israel / Jews
B Germany / Old Testament / Historical criticism / Israel (Theology) / National consciousness / Enlightenment
B Germany / Middle Europe / Jews / History 1700-1799
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Politics in the Bible
B Jewish Law Biblical teaching
B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish History 18th century
B Jews History To 70 A.D
B Thesis
B Michaelis, Johann David (1717-1791)
B Enlightenment (Germany)
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Summary:"As German scholars, poets, and theologians searched for the origins of the ancient Israelites, Ofri Ilany believes they created a model for nationalism that drew legitimacy from the Biblical idea of the Chosen People. In this broad exploration of eighteenth-century Hebraism, Ilany tells the story of the surprising role that this model played in discussions of ethnicity, literature, culture, and nationhood among the German-speaking intellectual elite. He reveals the novel portrait they sketched of ancient Israel and how they tried to imitate the Hebrews while forging their own national consciousness. This sophisticated and lucid argument sheds new light on the myths, concepts, and political tools that formed the basis of modern German culture"--
1. Troglodytes, Hottentots, and Hebrews: the Bible and the genesis of German ethnography -- 2. The law and the people: Mosaic Law and the German Enlightenment -- 3. The eighteenth-century polemic on the extermination of the Canaanites -- 4. "Is Judah indeed the Teutonic fatherland?" the Hebrew model and the birth of German national culture -- 5. "Lovers of Hebrew poetry": the battle over the Bible's relevance at the turn of the nineteenth century
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0253033519