Ofri Ilany

In Search of the Hebrew People

Bible and Nation in the German Enlightenment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780253033512
• ISBN-10: 0253033519
• Artikelnr.: 49558400

Autorenporträt

Ofri Ilany

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Troglodytes, Hottentots and Hebrews: The Bible and the Genesis of German
Ethnography
2. The Law and the People: Mosaic Law and 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
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index