Del 36 i serien Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions

Moses among the Moderns

German Constructions of Biblical Law, 1750–1930

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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A historic lawgiver and founder of an ancient nation, Moses was powerful and pivotal in the imagination of modern Germany. The late eighteenth to early twentieth century was an intense period of religious controversy, especially on 'the Jewish question', with new models for understanding faith, science, and the past. This volume focuses on the identification of Jewish law, both Pentateuch and Talmud, with the figure of Moses to trace the fascinations and anxieties of the Bible in modern culture. Through diverse perspectives, it examines the representations and appropriations of Moses as a father of Judaism and framer of European civilization.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-05-01
Mått155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt587 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieScientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions
Antal sidor266
FörlagBrill
MedarbetarePaulMichael Kurtz
ISBN9789004691766

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AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of ContributorsIntroduction Moses in ModernityPaul Michael KurtzPart 1Representations of the Past1 ‘The Early Speech of Nations’ Biblical Poetry and the Emergence of Germanic MythOfri Ilany2 The Rise of Jewish Mythology Biblical Exegesis and the Scientific Study of MythCarlotta Santini3 Moses or Hammurabi? Law, Morality & Modernity in Ancient Near Eastern StudiesFelix WiedemannPart 2Transformations in the Present4 Gesetz als Gegensatz The Modern Halachic Language GameIrene Zwiep5 The Truth Shall Abide Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on the Binding Nature of TorahJudith Frishman6 ‘A Law for Jews and Not for Christians’? Mosaic Law and the Deceased Wife’s Sister Debate in Victorian BritainMichael Ledger-Lomas7 Moses and the Left Traces of the Torah in Modern Jewish Anarchist ThoughtCarolin KosuchAfterword Moses and the Modern Germans: the Lawgiver in a Philhellenic AgeSuzanne MarchandBibliographyIndex of Persons