Jewish Identity In Early Modern Germany

Author : Dean Phillip Bell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317111047

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Jewish Identity in Early Modern Germany by Dean Phillip Bell Pdf

Although Jews in early modern Germany produced little in the way of formal historiography, Jews nevertheless engaged the past for many reasons and in various and surprising ways. They narrated the past in order to enforce order, empower authority, and record the traditions of their communities. In this way, Jews created community structure and projected that structure into the future. But Jews also used the past as a means to contest the marginalization threatened by broader developments in the Christian society in which they lived. As the Reformation threw into relief serious questions about authority and tradition and as Jews continued to suffer from anti-Jewish mentality and politics, narration of the past allowed Jews to re-inscribe themselves in history and contemporary society. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including chronicles, liturgical works, books of customs, memorybooks, biblical commentaries, rabbinic responsa and community ledgers, this study offers a timely reassessment of Jewish community and identity during a frequently turbulent era. It engages, but then redirects, important discussions by historians regarding the nature of time and the construction and role of history and memory in pre-modern Europe and pre-modern Jewish civilization. This book will be of significant value, not only to scholars of Jewish history, but anyone with an interest in the social and cultural aspects of religious history.

Author : Michael A. Meyer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1972-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814337547

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The Origins of the Modern Jew by Michael A. Meyer Pdf

An excellent overview of the intellectual history of important figures in German Jewry.

Author : Catherine Bartlett,Joachim Schlör
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004435469

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The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition by Catherine Bartlett,Joachim Schlör Pdf

Throughout history, Jews have often been regarded, and treated, as “strangers.” In The Stranger in Early Modern and Modern Jewish Tradition, authors from a wide variety of disciplines discuss how the notion of “the stranger” can offer an integrative perspective on Jewish identities, on the non-Jewish perceptions of Jews, and on the relations between Jews and non-Jews in an innovative way. Contributions from history, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature, and the arts offer a new perspective on the Jewish experience in early modern and modern times: in contact and conflict, in processes of attribution and allegation, but also self-reflection and negotiation, focused on the figure of the stranger.

Author : David M. Luebke,Jared Poley,Daniel C. Ryan,David Warren Sabean
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857453761

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Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany by David M. Luebke,Jared Poley,Daniel C. Ryan,David Warren Sabean Pdf

The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of “conversion.” One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change— conversion—had deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.

Author : Dean Phillip Bell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0742545180

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Jews in the Early Modern World by Dean Phillip Bell Pdf

Jews in the Early Modern World presents a comparative and global history of the Jews for the early modern period, 1400-1700. It traces the remarkable demographic changes experienced by Jews around the globe and assesses the impact of those changes on Jewish communal and social structures, religious and cultural practices, and relations with non-Jews.

Author : Michael A. Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Jews
ISBN : OCLC:1245629651

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The Origins of the Modern Jew by Michael A. Meyer Pdf

Author : Kateřina Čapková
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857454744

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Czechs, Germans, Jews? by Kateřina Čapková Pdf

The phenomenon of national identities, always a key issue in the modern history of Bohemian Jewry, was particularly complex because of the marginal differences that existed between the available choices. Considerable overlap was evident in the programs of the various national movements and it was possible to change one's national identity or even to opt for more than one such identity without necessarily experiencing any far-reaching consequences in everyday life. Based on many hitherto unknown archival sources from the Czech Republic, Israel and Austria, the author's research reveals the inner dynamic of each of the national movements and maps out the three most important constructions of national identity within Bohemian Jewry - the German-Jewish, the Czech-Jewish and the Zionist. This book provides a needed framework for understanding the rich history of German- and Czech-Jewish politics and culture in Bohemia and is a notable contribution to the historiography of Bohemian, Czechoslovak and central European Jewry.

Author : Michael A. Meyer (historiografie Jodendom)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Jews
ISBN : OCLC:906089085

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The Origins of the Modern Jew by Michael A. Meyer (historiografie Jodendom) Pdf

Author : Nils Roemer
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780299211738

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Jewish Scholarship and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Germany by Nils Roemer Pdf

German Jews were fully assimilated and secularized in the nineteenth century—or so it is commonly assumed. In Jewish Scholarship and Culture in the Nineteenth Century, Nils Roemer challenges this assumption, finding that religious sentiments, concepts, and rhetoric found expression through a newly emerging theological historicism at the center of modern German Jewish culture. Modern German Jewish identity developed during the struggle for emancipation, debates about religious and cultural renewal, and battles against anti-Semitism. A key component of this identity was historical memory, which Jewish scholars had begun to infuse with theological perspectives beginning in the 1850s. After German reunification in the early 1870s, Jewish intellectuals reevaluated their enthusiastic embrace of liberalism and secularism. Without abandoning the ideal of tolerance, they asserted a right to cultural religious difference for themselves--an ideal they held to even more tightly in the face of growing anti-Semitism. This newly re-theologized Jewish history, Roemer argues, helped German Jews fend off anti-Semitic attacks by strengthening their own sense of their culture and tradition.

Author : R. Po-Chia Hsia,Hartmut Lehmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521522897

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In and Out of the Ghetto by R. Po-Chia Hsia,Hartmut Lehmann Pdf

A comprehensive account of Jewish-Gentile relations in central Europe from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.

Author : Jeffrey M. Peck
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0813537231

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Being Jewish in the New Germany by Jeffrey M. Peck Pdf

"This book was written for an American (Jewish) readership. But some chapters, especially the first two, address the non-specialist, while others, especially the last two, accommodate the expert. The work contains one theme and one thesis. The theme is simple and to be welcomed: Americans, and American Jews in particular, need to understand that Germany has changed and that its Jewish community is made up of more than just a few souls morbidly attached to blood-soaked soil. We are therefore introduced to Jewish writers, politicians and intellectuals; to Jews of Russian origin, German background and Israeli descent; and to the many issues facing today's German-Jewish community of 100,000 plus members. Peck discusses the role of the Holocaust in German and American political life. He relates how Russian Jews have begun to take over community institutions, revitalizing German Jewry especially in Berlin and the provinces. And he compares and contrasts the situation of Turks and Jews today, whom many Germans still perecive as foreign, no matter how acculturated they happen to be. All of this material is interesting, but not new"--Review from H-Net.

Author : Keith Pickus
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814343517

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Constructing Modern Identities by Keith Pickus Pdf

The emergence of Jewish student associations in 1881 provided a forum for Jews to openly proclaim their religious heritage. By examining the lives and social dynamics of Jewish university students, Keith Pickus shows how German Jews rearranged their self-images and redefined what it meant to be Jewish. Not only did the identities crafted by these students enable them to actively participate in German society, they also left an indelible imprint on contemporary Jewish culture. Pickus's portrayal of the mutability and social function of Jewish self-definition challenges previous scholarship that depicts Jewish identity as a static ideological phenomenon. By illuminating how identities fluctuated throughout life, he demonstrates that adjusting one's social relationships to accommodate the Gentile and Jewish worlds became the norm rather than the exception for 19th-century German Jews.

Author : Michael A. Meyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:462108074

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The Origins of the Modern Jew by Michael A. Meyer Pdf

Author : Francesca Bregoli,David B. Ruderman
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812250916

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Connecting Histories by Francesca Bregoli,David B. Ruderman Pdf

Whether forced by governmental decree, driven by persecution and economic distress, or seeking financial opportunity, the Jews of early modern Europe were extraordinarily mobile, experiencing both displacement and integration into new cultural, legal, and political settings. This, in turn, led to unprecedented modes of social mixing for Jews, especially for those living in urban areas, who frequently encountered Jews from different ethnic backgrounds and cultural orientations. Additionally, Jews formed social, economic, and intellectual bonds with mixed populations of Christians. While not necessarily effacing Jewish loyalties to local places, authorities, and customs, these connections and exposures to novel cultural settings created new allegiances as well as new challenges, resulting in constructive relations in some cases and provoking strife and controversy in others. The essays collected by Francesca Bregoli and David B. Ruderman in Connecting Histories show that while it is not possible to speak of a single, cohesive transregional Jewish culture in the early modern period, Jews experienced pockets of supra-local connections between West and East—for example, between Italy and Poland, Poland and the Holy Land, and western and eastern Ashkenaz—as well as increased exchanges between high and low culture. Special attention is devoted to the impact of the printing press and the strategies of representation and self-representation through which Jews forged connections in a world where their status as a tolerated minority was ambiguous and in constant need of renegotiation. Exploring the ways in which early modern Jews related to Jews from different backgrounds and to the non-Jews around them, Connecting Histories emphasizes not only the challenging nature and impact of these encounters but also the ambivalence experienced by Jews as they met their others. Contributors: Michela Andreatta, Francesca Bregoli, Joseph Davis, Jesús de Prado Plumed, Andrea Gondos, Rachel L. Greenblatt, Gershon David Hundert, Fabrizio Lelli, Moshe Idel, Debra Kaplan, Lucia Raspe, David B. Ruderman, Pavel Sládek.

Author : Carina L. Johnson,David M. Luebke,Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer,Jesse Spohnholz
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785335419

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Archeologies of Confession by Carina L. Johnson,David M. Luebke,Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer,Jesse Spohnholz Pdf

Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in Germany through case studies of remembering and forgetting—instances in which patterns and practices of religious plurality were excised from historical memory. By tracing their ramifications through the centuries, Archeologies of Confession carefully reconstructs the often surprising histories of plurality that have otherwise been lost or obscured.