Challenging colonial discourse : Jewish studies and Protestant theology in Wilhelmine Germany / by Christian Wiese ; translated from the German by Barbara Harshav and Christian Wiese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiese, Christian, 1961-

Series:

Studies in European Judaism ; v. 10.

Studies in European Judaism, 1568-5004 ; v. 10

Standardized Title:

Wissenschaft des Judentums und protestantische Theologie im wilhelminischen Deutschland. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--Germany--History--19th century.

Judaism.

Judaism--Germany--History--20th century.

Judaism (Christian theology)--History.

Judaism (Christian theology).

Jewish learning and scholarship--Germany.

Jewish learning and scholarship.

Judaism--History--To 70 A.D--Historiography.

Judaism--Controversial literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (599 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the basis of postcolonial theory, this study shows how Jewish scholars, in the controversies about the "essence" of Judaism and Christianity at the beginning of the 20th century, challenged the intellectual hegemony of Liberal Protestantism in Germany. By carefully examining the impact of the political circumstances - the loss of relevance of political liberalism, the spreading of antisemitism, and the crisis of Jewish identity in an age of contested emancipation and assimilation - on the theological discourse, it provides a critical analysis of anti-Jewish implications of Protestant theology in the 19th and 20th centuries and discusses the function of Jewish polemics against Protestant distortions of Jewish history, religion and culture. Furthermore, it develops important guidelines for a contemporary interdisciplinary relationship between Jewish Studies and Christian theology.

Contents:

""Foreword by Susannah Heschel""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE THE CONTEXT OF THE ENCOUNTERS AND CONTROVERSIES""; ""Chapter One: The Political and Social Situation of the Jewish Community in Wilhelmine Germany, 1890�1914""; ""1. The Collapse of the Jewish Coalition with Liberalism and the Spread of ""Modern Anti-Semitism""""; ""2. The Remaining Limitations of the Emancipation of the Jews and Judaism""; ""3. The ""Assimilation Crisis"" and Tendencies toward Recollecting Jewish Identity""; ""3.1. ""Assimilation,"" ""Acculturation,"" and ""German-Jewish Subculture""""

""2.3. ""Torah and Scholarship"" � The Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin""""3. The Conditions of Jewish Studies' Encounter with Protestant Theology""; ""3.1. Jewish Research between Discrimination and Claim to Relevance""; ""3.2. Jewish Studies and ""Defense Work"" against Anti-Semitism""; ""PART TWO THE PERCEPTION OF PROTESTANT THEOLOGY""; ""Chapter Three: Jewish Studies and the Protestant ""Mission to the Jews"", 1880�1914""; ""1. The Jewish Perception of Protestant ""Allies"" in the Debate with Anti-Semitism, 1880�1890""

""1.1. The Contemporary Context: Demonization of Judaism through Anti-Talmud Propaganda and Accusations of Ritual Murder""""1.2. The Defense of Jewish Morality as Reflected in the Debate between David Hoffmann and Gustaf Dalman, 1886/1894""; ""2. ""Love of Israel?"" � Jewish Refutation of Franz Delitzsch's Concept of the ""Mission to the Jews"" and the Limits of Christian Solidarity, 1880�1890""; ""2.1. Delitzsch's Controversy with Abraham Berliner over the ""Instituta Judaica,"" 1884/85""

""Chapter Four: The Controversy over the Representation of Pharisaic-Rabbinic Judaism by Protestant Historiography on the New Testament Era, 1900�1914""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-539) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-85906-7

9786610859061

90-474-0407-6

OCLC:

923610987