Ken Koltun-Fromm. Moses Hess and Modern Jewish Identity. Jewish Literature and Culture Series. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2001. x, 180 pp.

The complex and intriguing figure of Moses Hess (1812-1875) has received attention as a socialist and a Zionist. His Rome and Jerusalem (1862) has been seen as a brilliant, if stylistically flawed, document that gives remarkably early evidence of the racial basis of antisemitism and striking testimo...

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Main Author: Meyer, Michael A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2003
In: AJS review
Year: 2003, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 343-345
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Summary:The complex and intriguing figure of Moses Hess (1812-1875) has received attention as a socialist and a Zionist. His Rome and Jerusalem (1862) has been seen as a brilliant, if stylistically flawed, document that gives remarkably early evidence of the racial basis of antisemitism and striking testimony of a socialist intellectual's return to his Jewish roots. Despite the relatively large literature on Hess, no one had heretofore read Hess with a predominant interest in his fractured religious identity. This is the task that Ken Koltun-Fromm has set for himself in this highly novel, closely argued, and challenging work.
ISSN:1475-4541
Contains:Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0364009403350123