What does Kafka have in common with Jews? : papers on the centennial of his death / edited by Mark H. Gelber

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelber, Mark H., 1951- editor.

Series:

Perspectives on Jewish texts and contexts (Series) ; v. 30.

Perspectives on Jewish texts and contexts ; volume 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Religion.

Kafka, Franz.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924--Criticism and interpretation.

Judaism and literature.

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924.

Religion.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2025]

Summary:

"Kafka's Jewish background, interests, and readings, and their relevance for his writings, are still largely viewed as marginal within the vast domain of Kafka scholarship. By taking into account new findings, theoretical approaches, and historical developments, the essays in this volume reconsider and extend our knowledge of Kafka's relationship to Judaism and Jewish thought"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1Introduction

What does Kafka have in Common with Jews? / Mark H. Gelber

5Franz Kafka and the Russian Jews: Re-read in Our Time of Plagues and Anti-Semitisms / Sander L. Gilman

29Harada: Kafka and the Nothingness of Judaism. A Minor Phenomenology of Jewish Facticity / Eli Schonfeld

51Turning to the World: Kafka and the Bible / Vivian Liska

65Kafka's Cupboard. A Reading of his Nachlass (with a Remark by Peter Szondi) / Galili Shahar

81Kafka's (De-)Figurations of the Golem Myth / Jana Vijayakumaran

115Kafka's Hebrew Message. Before the Law of Homophonic Transmission / Jan Kühne

135Franz Kafka as a Jewish Reader and Jewish Readings of his Work / Mark H. Gelber

153Siegfried Kracauer Reading Franz Kafka / Birgit R. Erdle

169Kafka's "Jackals and Arabs": Northern Perspectives on an Impossible Community / Michael G. Levine

189History for an Ahistorical People: Kafka's "Josephine, the Singer or the Mouse Folk" / Rochelle Tobias

Introduction – what does Kafka have in common with Jews? / Mark H. Gelber

Franz Kafka and the Russian Jews : re-read in our time of plagues and anti-semitisms / Sander L. Gilman

Harada : Kafka and the nothingness of Judaism. a minor phenomenology of Jewish facticity / Eli Schonfeld

Turning to the world : Kafka and the Bible / Vivian Liska

Kafka’s cupboard. a reading of his Nachlass (with a remark by Peter Szondi) / Galili Shahar

Kafka’s (de-)figurations of the golem myth / Jana Vijayakumaran

Kafka’s Hebrew message. before the law of homophonic transmission / Jan Kühne

Franz Kafka as a Jewish reader and Jewish readings of his work / Mark H. Gelber

Siegfried Kracauer reading Franz Kafka / Birgit R. Erdle

Kafka’s “Jackals and Arabs” : northern perspectives on an impossible community / Rochelle Tobias

History for an ahistorical people : Kafka’s “Josephine, the singer or the mouse folk” / Rochelle Tobias

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed June 17, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: What does Kafka have in common with Jews?

ISBN:

9783111639659

3111639657

9783111638836

3111638839

OCLC:

1531947141

Publisher Number:

CIPO000263325

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license