Reclaiming the Hebrew Bible : German-Jewish reception of biblical criticism / Ran HaCohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

HaCohen, Ran.

Series:

Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.)

Studia Judaica, Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Germany--History--19th century.

Bible.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism.

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Germany--Ethnic relations.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : De Gruyter, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 19th century saw the rise of Biblical Criticism in German universities, culminating in Wellhausen's radical revision of the history of biblical times and religion. For German-Jewish intellectuals, the academic discipline promised emancipation from traditional Christian readings of Scripture - but at the same time suffered from what was perceived as anti-Jewish bias, this time in scholarly robes. "Reclaiming the Hebrew Bible" describes the German-Jewish strategies to cope with Biblical Criticism - varying from an enthusiastic welcome in the early decades, through modified adoption in Jewish Reform circles, to resolute rejection in the Orthodox camp. The study surveys the awareness and attitudes towards Biblical Criticism in the popular German-Jewish periodicals, and analyzes in depth the works of the first modern Jewish historian I. M. Jost (1793-1860), of the theologian S. L. Steinheim (1789-1866), and of the Reform activist Siegmund Maybaum (1844-1919).

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

Part One - Biblical Criticism in the Society for Jewish Culture and Science

1 Christian Biblical Criticism at the Start of the Nineteenth Century

2 The Society for Jewish Culture and Science

3 Jost and Biblical Criticism

Part Two - Biblical Criticism in the Second Third of the Nineteenth Century

4 The Conservative Turn in German Academia

5 Wissenschaft des Judentum's Departure from Biblical Criticism

6 Steinheim versus Vatke

Part Three - The Graf-Wellhausen Era

7 Biblical Criticism in the Final Third of the Century

8 Meeting Again: Popper versus Dozy

9 The Attitude of the Various Jewish Streams Toward Biblical Criticism

10 The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis in Reformist Dress: Siegmund Maybaum

Conclusion

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612934407

9781282934405

1282934406

9783110247572

3110247577

OCLC:

707068898