Revisiting Baron's "Lachrymose Conception": the meanings of violence in jewish history

In a paper entitled, “Newer Emphases in Jewish History,” published in 1963, Salo Baron wrote: “All my life I have been struggling against the hitherto dominant “lachrymose conception of Jewish history” … because I have felt that an overemphasis on Jewish sufferings distorted the total picture of the...

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Subtitles:Symposium: Rethinking Salo W. Baron in the Twenty-First Century
Main Author: Ṭeler, Adam 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press [2014]
In: AJS review
Year: 2014, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 431-439
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Baron, Salo W. 1895-1989 / Judaism / History / Antisemitism / Violence
B Jewish persecution / Expulsion / War / Chronometers
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
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Summary:In a paper entitled, “Newer Emphases in Jewish History,” published in 1963, Salo Baron wrote: “All my life I have been struggling against the hitherto dominant “lachrymose conception of Jewish history” … because I have felt that an overemphasis on Jewish sufferings distorted the total picture of the Jewish historic evolution….” Indeed, if one was to choose a single idea that encapsulated the legacy of Baron, perhaps the pre-eminent Jewish historian of the twentieth century, it would probably be this: Jewish history is not to be seen simply as a series of persecutions, which determined its nature and its course, but rather as a process of ongoing engagement between the Jews and their surroundings.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S036400941400035X