02835nam 2200661 a 450 991078635270332120230803024747.00-8047-8500-710.1515/9780804785006(CKB)2670000000276641(EBL)1062253(OCoLC)818820027(SSID)ssj0000780851(PQKBManifestationID)12329705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780851(PQKBWorkID)10803884(PQKB)11115847(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128102(MiAaPQ)EBC1062253(DE-B1597)563733(DE-B1597)9780804785006(Au-PeEL)EBL1062253(CaPaEBR)ebr10623023(OCoLC)1198931455(EXLCZ)99267000000027664120120522d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity[electronic resource] architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and orthodoxy /Jess OlsonStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20131 online resource (410 p.)Stanford Studies in Jewish History and CStanford studies in Jewish history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7873-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Discovering the nation -- New conflicts, new directions -- Rupture and renaissance -- The eastward gaze -- The origins of an orthodox ideologue -- At home in the fold -- The final ascent.This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of the word ""Zionism,"" Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism. Because of his unusual intellectual trajectory, however, he has been written out of Jewish history. In the middle of his life, in the depth of World War I, Birnbaum left his venerable position as a secular Jewish nationalist for religious Orthodoxy, an unheard of decision in his time. To the dismay of his former colleagues, he adopted a lifeStanford Studies in Jewish History and CZionistsAustriaBiographyYiddishistsAustriaBiographyOrthodox JudaismEuropeHistoryZionistsYiddishistsOrthodox JudaismHistory.320.54095694092BOlson Jess1569987MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786352703321Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity3843325UNINA