Jewish Scholarship and Identity in Nineteenth-Century France

Traces the main currents of both secular and religious Jewish scholarship in France from 1789 to 1859 and explores how Franco-Jewish scholars conceived a Jewish identity against the backdrop of France's continual political tumult in these years. The author also studies how such scholars reconceptual...

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Publicado en:Modern Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Ideas & Experience Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 1 - 35
Autor principal: BERKOVITZ, Jay
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Feb1998
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Sumario:Traces the main currents of both secular and religious Jewish scholarship in France from 1789 to 1859 and explores how Franco-Jewish scholars conceived a Jewish identity against the backdrop of France's continual political tumult in these years. The author also studies how such scholars reconceptualized Jewish belief and culture in response to the conditions of modernity.