Russian Ideational Roots of Jewish Thought and Hebrew Literature / Rina Lapidus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lapidus, Rina, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish literature--19th century--Russian influences.

Jewish literature.

National characteristics in literature.

Hebrew literature--19th century--Russian influences.

Hebrew literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book demonstrates how the Russian thought and literature of the 18th - 19th centuries influenced Jewish thought and Hebrew literature. Absorption of ideological influences is a universal phenomenon that is instrumental to progress and cultural development, and it is accepted in Jewish culture as well.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Introduction: Russian Ideational Roots of the Jewish Enlightenment and Hebrew Literature

Part I: The Russian Roots of the National Ideas of the Jewish Enlightenment and Zionist Movements in the Russian Empire: Y. L. Gordon, Peretz Smolenskin, Y. L. Pinsker, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Chapter 1: Roots of the National Ideas of the Haskalah in the Russian Empire

Chapter 2: The Development of Jewish Nationalist Consciousness as Reflected in Scholarly Literature

Chapter 3: A Comparison of the Views of Y. L. Gordon and Russian Thinkers

Chapter 4: A Comparison between the National Views of L. S. Pinsker and Those of Petr Chaadayev, Nikolai Berdyaev, and Vyacheslav Ivanov

Part II: Russian Ideational Influences as Expressed in Hebrew Literary Works

Chapter 5: The Russian Theological Novel and Its Ideological Incarnation in Hebrew Literature

Chapter 6: The Epic Poem Songs of Glory by Naphtali Herz Wessely

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Lapidus, Rina Russian Ideational Roots of Jewish Thought and Hebrew Literature

ISBN:

9798887194028

OCLC:

1405190832