Jews and Messianism in the modern era : metaphor and meaning / edited by Jonathan Frankel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frankel, Jonathan, editor.

Institute of Contemporary Jewry. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, associated with work.

Series:

Studies in contemporary Jewry. An annual ; VII.

Oxford scholarship online.

Studies in contemporary Jewry. An annual ; VII

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Messianism.

Zionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 439 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the seventh volume of the annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry. 'Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era' examines the significance and meaning of messianic metaphors, themes, and ideals in modern Jewish history and culture. Contents: Jody Elizabeth Myers: The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies; Aviezer Ravitzky: Forcing the End: Zionism and the State of Israel as Anti-Messianic Undertakings; Yaacov Shavit: Realism and Messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv; Hannan Hever: Poetry and Messianism in Palestine between the Two World Wars; Paul Mendes-Flohr: 'The Stronger the Better': Jewish Theological Responses to Political Messianism in the Weimar Republic; Richard Wolin: Reflection on Jewish Secular Messianism; The volume also contains essays, book reviews, and a list of recent dissertations in the field.

Contents:

Contents; Symposium Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning; The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies; Interpreting Messianic Rhetoric in the Russian Haskalah and Early Zionism; ""Forcing the End"": Zionism and the State of Israel as Antimessianic Undertakings; A Neglected Chapter in the History of Christian Zionism in America: William E. Blackstone and the Petition of 1916; Birth Pangs of the Messiah: The Reflections of Two Polish Rabbis on Their Era; Realism and Messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv; Poetry and Messianism in Palestine Between the Two World Wars

""The Stronger and the Better Jews"": Jewish Theological Responses to Political Messianism in the Weimar Republic; Reflections on Jewish Secular Messianism; The Messianism of Gush Emunim; Essays; The Yishuv and the Jews in Europe, 1938-1945; A Note on the Demographic and Economic Structure of the Jewish Community in Quito, Ecuador; The Gezerd Down Under; Review Essays; Two Halls of Ivy and a Hybrid Hothouse: The Jews of Harvard, Yale and Yeshiva Universities; The Trials and Temptations of Conversion; The Two Zions and the Exodus from Ethiopia

The ""New Historians"" and the Establishment of Israel; Vienna, the Habsburg Empire and the Jews; Book Reviews (by subject); Political and Communal History; Social Sciences, Social History and Politics; Religion, Thought and Education; Israel and Zionism; Antisemitism, Holocaust and Genocide; Language, Art and Literature

Notes:

At head of title: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 10, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-771655-5

1-280-60557-X

9786610605576

0-19-536198-9

OCLC:

457241984