LEADER 03809nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910821647303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-69227-5 010 $a9786612692277 010 $a1-4008-3661-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836611 035 $a(CKB)2670000000034259 035 $a(EBL)557131 035 $a(OCoLC)655319328 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000426307 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11261961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426307 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10393332 035 $a(PQKB)10864846 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557131 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36779 035 $a(DE-B1597)446950 035 $a(OCoLC)979623878 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557131 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10404090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL269227 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000034259 100 $a20100301d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProphets of the past $einterpreters of Jewish history /$fMichael Brenner ; Translated by Steven Rendall 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13928-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Jewish History as History of Religion -- $tChapter 2. Between Religion and Nation -- $tChapter 3. The Nationalization of Jewish History -- $tChapter 4. Jewish History without Tears? -- $tChapter 5. The Return of the Nation to Its Land -- $tChapter 6. Postmodern Influences -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aProphets of the Past is the first book to examine in depth how modern Jewish historians have interpreted Jewish history. Michael Brenner reveals that perhaps no other national or religious group has used their shared history for so many different ideological and political purposes as the Jews. He deftly traces the master narratives of Jewish history from the beginnings of the scholarly study of Jews and Judaism in nineteenth-century Germany; to eastern European approaches by Simon Dubnow, the interwar school of Polish-Jewish historians, and the short-lived efforts of Soviet-Jewish historians; to the work of British and American scholars such as Cecil Roth and Salo Baron; and to Zionist and post-Zionist interpretations of Jewish history. He also unravels the distortions of Jewish history writing, including antisemitic Nazi research into the "Jewish question," the Soviet portrayal of Jewish history as class struggle, and Orthodox Jewish interpretations of history as divinely inspired. History proved to be a uniquely powerful weapon for modern Jewish scholars during a period when they had no nation or army to fight for their ideological and political objectives, whether the goal was Jewish emancipation, diasporic autonomy, or the creation of a Jewish state. As Brenner demonstrates in this illuminating and incisive book, these historians often found legitimacy for these struggles in the Jewish past. 606 $aJews$xHistoriography 606 $aJewish historians 606 $aJudaism$xHistoriography 606 $aJews$xHistory$y1789-1945 615 0$aJews$xHistoriography. 615 0$aJewish historians. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistoriography. 615 0$aJews$xHistory 676 $a909/.049240072 700 $aBrenner$b Michael$f1964-$0475906 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821647303321 996 $aProphets of the past$94188404 997 $aUNINA