Alan T. Levenson holds the Schusterman Professorship for Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma and is the author of An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers: From Spinoza to Soloveitchik and The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible: How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Philosemitism in the Public Arena1. Philosemetic Discourse in Imperial Germany2. The German Peace Movement and the Jews3. The Problematics of Philosemetic Fiction4. Missionary Protestants and the Defense of JudaismPart 2. Philosemitic Tendencies and Individuals5. The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism6. Christian Author, Jewish Book?7. An Adventure in Otherness8. The Apostate as PhilosemiteAppendix: The Case for PhilosemitismAfterwordNotesSelected BibliographySource Acknowledgments Index

"Whether addressing voices in the German peace movement, authors of works of fiction, missionaries, or supporters of Herzlian Zionism, Levenson detects a common thread of otherness preventing any mutually constructive German-Jewish symbiosis from emerging. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Levenson demonstrates that all shades of anti-semitism were present in the German culture . . . the complex matrix of social interaction that made the Holocaust possible."—D. A. Meier, Choice "A vigorous defense of philosemitism as a moral and intellectual category in the history of German-Jewish relations from Bismarck to Hitler."—Central European History "Levenson presents a balanced picture that is neither apologetic of the German intellectual tradition nor indulges in the simplistic construction of an antisemitic German 'national character.' . . . The book is very interesting throughout, carefully argued and documented, and well-written. It should be widely read."—Marcel Stoetzler, German Studies Review "Levenson's analysis is penetrating and his conclusions . . . are well worth considering."—Daniel J. Rettberg, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

Alan T. Levenson holds the Schusterman Professorship for Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma and is the author of An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers: From Spinoza to Soloveitchik and The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible: How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Philosemitism in the Public Arena1. Philosemetic Discourse in Imperial Germany2. The German Peace Movement and the Jews3. The Problematics of Philosemetic Fiction4. Missionary Protestants and the Defense of JudaismPart 2. Philosemitic Tendencies and Individuals5. The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism6. Christian Author, Jewish Book?7. An Adventure in Otherness8. The Apostate as PhilosemiteAppendix: The Case for PhilosemitismAfterwordNotesSelected BibliographySource Acknowledgments Index

"Whether addressing voices in the German peace movement, authors of works of fiction, missionaries, or supporters of Herzlian Zionism, Levenson detects a common thread of otherness preventing any mutually constructive German-Jewish symbiosis from emerging. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Levenson demonstrates that all shades of anti-semitism were present in the German culture . . . the complex matrix of social interaction that made the Holocaust possible."—D. A. Meier, Choice "A vigorous defense of philosemitism as a moral and intellectual category in the history of German-Jewish relations from Bismarck to Hitler."—Central European History "Levenson presents a balanced picture that is neither apologetic of the German intellectual tradition nor indulges in the simplistic construction of an antisemitic German 'national character.' . . . The book is very interesting throughout, carefully argued and documented, and well-written. It should be widely read."—Marcel Stoetzler, German Studies Review "Levenson's analysis is penetrating and his conclusions . . . are well worth considering."—Daniel J. Rettberg, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter

Alan T. Levenson holds the Schusterman Professorship for Jewish Intellectual and Religious History at the University of Oklahoma and is the author of An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thinkers: From Spinoza to Soloveitchik and The Making of the Modern Jewish Bible: How Scholars in Germany, Israel, and America Transformed an Ancient Text.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. Philosemitism in the Public Arena1. Philosemetic Discourse in Imperial Germany2. The German Peace Movement and the Jews3. The Problematics of Philosemetic Fiction4. Missionary Protestants and the Defense of JudaismPart 2. Philosemitic Tendencies and Individuals5. The Gentile Reception of Herzlian Zionism6. Christian Author, Jewish Book?7. An Adventure in Otherness8. The Apostate as PhilosemiteAppendix: The Case for PhilosemitismAfterwordNotesSelected BibliographySource Acknowledgments Index

"Whether addressing voices in the German peace movement, authors of works of fiction, missionaries, or supporters of Herzlian Zionism, Levenson detects a common thread of otherness preventing any mutually constructive German-Jewish symbiosis from emerging. In the shadow of the Holocaust, Levenson demonstrates that all shades of anti-semitism were present in the German culture . . . the complex matrix of social interaction that made the Holocaust possible."—D. A. Meier, Choice "A vigorous defense of philosemitism as a moral and intellectual category in the history of German-Jewish relations from Bismarck to Hitler."—Central European History "Levenson presents a balanced picture that is neither apologetic of the German intellectual tradition nor indulges in the simplistic construction of an antisemitic German 'national character.' . . . The book is very interesting throughout, carefully argued and documented, and well-written. It should be widely read."—Marcel Stoetzler, German Studies Review "Levenson's analysis is penetrating and his conclusions . . . are well worth considering."—Daniel J. Rettberg, Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter