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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795378503321

Autore

Zilbergerts Marina

Titolo

The Yeshiva and the rise of modern Hebrew literature / / Marina Zilbergerts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-253-05941-0

0-253-05942-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages)

Collana

Jews in Eastern Europe

Disciplina

892.47

Soggetti

Hebrew literature, Modern - History and criticism

Jews - Europe, Eastern - Intellectual life - 19th century

Yeshivas

Europe, Eastern Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Men of letters -- How the word became flesh -- Texts on trial -- Literary apostasy -- Readers' paradise -- The Talmudic passion -- Epilogue: Reflections on the value of literature.

Sommario/riassunto

"Hebrew literature sprang to life in late-nineteenth-century Russia, entering the "tehiyah" (revival) period in the life of Hebrew letters. The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature examines the role of the Yeshiva (Orthodox Jewish seminary) in why and how did this happen at that time and place? Departing from the conventional interpretation of the origins of secular Hebrew literature, Marina Zilbergerts argues that the rise of Hebrew literature was grounded in the literary practices and metaphysics of the world of Talmud study in Eastern Europe from which its first writers had emerged. The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature focuses on the early works and personal histories of five founding Hebrew writers who began publishing between 1862 and 1900, tracing the deep connections between their new secular writings and the scholarly milieu of Talmudic culture and the yeshiva in which they had all been reared. Zilbergerts reveals that even as these writers clashed with the rabbinical elites,



they were inspired by the very Talmudic texts and ascetic ideals they so despised"--