Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity [[electronic resource] ] : architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and orthodoxy / / Jess Olson

• Autore: Olson Jess
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54095694092; B
• Soggetto topico: Zionists - Austria; Yiddishists - Austria; Orthodox Judaism - Europe - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 life
• Titolo autorizzato: Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity
• ISBN: 0-8047-8500-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786352703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C