Alan T. Levenson

The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible

How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text

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Produktbeschreibung

The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible explains how Jewish translators, commentators, and scholars made the Bible a keystone of Jewish life in Germany, Israel and America. In each site, a particular need-religion, nationalism, ethnicity-drove the enterprise of Bible study as scholars wrestled with the demands of the non-Jewish environment and their own indigenous traditions. Contrary to popular conceptions, the author argues that the modern period has been the golden age of Jewish Bible study.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781442205178
• ISBN-10: 1442205172
• Artikelnr.: 45373809

Autorenporträt

By Alan T. Levenson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Spinoza As Jewish Bible Critic Part I. The
Emergence of Modern Jewish Bible Studies in Germany Introduction: Starting
with Germany Chapter 2: Mendelssohn's Bible: The Ideal of Jewish
Self-Sufficiency Chapter 3: Samson Raphael Hirsch: The Chimera of
Self-Explanatory Scripture Chapter 4: Benno Jacob and the Call for a
"Jewish" Bible Scholarship Chapter 5: The Martin Buber-Franz Rosenzweig
Bible: Culture or Religion? Part II. Zionism and the Creation of a National
Bible Introduction: The Bible in Modern Israel Chapter 6: Early Zionism and
the Bible: Ahad Haam and His Opponents Chapter 7: The Bible As National
Linchpin: David Ben Gurion and His Opponents Chapter 8: Nehama Leibowitz's
Bible: Returning Tradition to the Text Part III. The Flowering of Jewish
Bible Studies in North America Introduction: America and the Jewish Bible
Chapter 9: Finding A Jewish Voice: Nahum Sarna & Robert Alter Chapter 10:
Seeking An American Jewish Bible Conclusion: Is There A "Jewish School" of
Modern Bible Study? Notes Selective Bibliography Index About the Author