Jewish Cultural Nationalism

David Aberbach is Professor at McGill University, Canada.

• Introduction 1. Nationalism and the Hebrew Bible 2. The Roman-Jewish Wars and Hebrew Cultural Nationalism 3. Jewish Nationalism in Medieval Islam 4. Nationalism, Reform Judaism and the Hebrew Prayer Book 5. The Renascence of Hebrew and Jewish Nationalism in the Tsarist Empire 1881-1917

'It is a worthy addition to Routledge's lively new 'Jewish Studies' series dealing with Jewish culture past and present and constitutes a useful, reliable, and readable summary of an important and 'relevant' topic, especially suitable for students and non-specialist readers as well as political historians' - Stefan C. Reif, Cambridge University, Journal of Jewish Studies, Spring 2009