Nationalism, war and Jewish education : from the Roman empire to modern times / David Aberbach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aberbach, David, 1953- author.

Series:

Routledge Jewish studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Education--History.

Jews.

Jews--Education.

History.

Jewish religious schools--History.

Jewish religious schools.

Jewish nationalism--History.

Jewish nationalism.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 215 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Nationalism, War and Jewish Education explores historical circumstances leading to the emergence of a Jewish religious school system lasting to modern times and the process by which this system was broken down and adapted in secular form as Jewish nationalism grew in the 19th and early 20th century. Talmudic literature has evidence of a long struggle to create a viable international system of education aimed chiefly at the poor - a harbinger for the later expansion of education in European countries. In the Roman period, education became an essential part of rabbinic pacifist accommodation following Jewish defeats in three wars (66-73, 115-17, and 132-35 CE), while in the modern period, secular education was associated with nationalism and increasing militancy of emerging states. In both periods there was a revival of Hebrew and the creation of an educational system based on Hebrew texts. Both revivals were responses to anti-Semitism, which pushed large numbers of Jews away from assimilation into the dominant culture to a renewed Jewish national identity. In the ancient world, this nationalism was religious and pacifistic; in the modern world, secular and militaristic. It shows how changes in Jewish education accompanied these shifts. While drawing on historical scholarship for background, this book is essentially a literary study, showing how literary changes at different times and places reflect historical, socio-psychological, economic, and political change. The book is original in showing how ancient Jewish education affected modern Jewish society, therefore it is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in Jewish history and literature, education, and nationalism.

Contents:

Nationalism and Jewish education in the Roman era

The early Roman background : Jewish education and Jewish/Greek relations

Roman government, Greek freedmen and Jewish education

Josephus and the struggle for Jewish accommodation with Rome

Defeat, nationalism and Jewish education after 70 CE

Jewish education, Roman and Jewish law and stoic philosophy

The Mishna, Galilee, and Jewish education

The rabbis and Jewish education as history

How did Jewish education affect class differences?

Education in the love of Israel : the anti-prophetic streak in rabbinic literature.

ISBN:

9781138361393

1138361399

OCLC:

1048658408