TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ilani, ʿOfri
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018//
TI  - In search of the Hebrew people: Bible and nation in the German enlightenment
T3  - German Jewish cultures
PB  - Indiana University Press
CY  - Bloomington, Indiana
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
KW  - History
KW  - Politics in the Bible
KW  - Jews
KW  - Enlightenment
KW  - Germany
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Biblical teaching
AB  - "As German scholars, poets, and theologians searched for the origins of the ancient Israelites, Ofri Ilany believes they created a model for nationalism that drew legitimacy from the Biblical idea of the Chosen People. In this broad exploration of eighteenth-century Hebraism, Ilany tells the story of the surprising role that this model played in discussions of ethnicity, literature, culture, and nationhood among the German-speaking intellectual elite. He reveals the novel portrait they sketched of ancient Israel and how they tried to imitate the Hebrews while forging their own national consciousness. This sophisticated and lucid argument sheds new light on the myths, concepts, and political tools that formed the basis of modern German culture"--
SN  - 9780253033512
LA  - English
N1  - Ofri Ilany ; English translation by Ishai Mishory
ID  - 1640661921
ER  -