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This career-spanning anthology from prominent Jewish historian David Biale brings over a dozen of his key essays together for the first time. These pieces, written between 1974 and 2016, are all representative of a method Biale calls "counter-history": "the discovery of vital forces p...

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Main Authors: Biale, David (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Biale, David, 1949- (Editor)
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter, Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2023]
Stanford, California : [2023]
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Subjects:
Jewish philosophy > ^A1048641
Jews > History > ^A1031153
Jews > Intellectual life > ^A1031178
HISTORY / Jewish
Bible
Biblical Exegesis
Canon
Heresy
Jewish culture
Midrash
Modern Jewish literature
Modern Jewish thought
Zionism
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : between canon and counterhistory
  • The God with breasts : El Shaddai in the Bible
  • Korah in the midrash : the hairless heretic as hero
  • Counterhistory and Jewish polemics against Christianity : the Sefer toldot yeshu and the Sefer zerubavel
  • "The Torah speaks the language of human beings" : Abraham Ibn Ezra's radical interpretation of the Bible
  • Between melancholy and a broken heart : a note on Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav's depression
  • The Kabbala in Nachman Krochmal's philosophy of history
  • Masochism and philosemitism : the strange case of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
  • Historical heresies and modern Jewish identity
  • Shabbtai Zvi and the seductions of Jewish Orientalism
  • Leo Strauss : the philosopher as Weimar Jew
  • Arendt in Jerusalem : Hannah Arendt on the Eichmann trial
  • Gershom Scholem's "Ten unhistorical aphorisms on Kabbalah" : translation and commentary
  • The threat of messianism : an interview with Gershom Scholem (August 14, 1980)
  • Mysticism and politics in modern Israel : the messianic ideology of Abraham Isaac Ha-Cohen Kook
  • The end of Enlightenment?
  • Epilogue : by the waters of San Francisco : a partial autobiography
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION Between Canon and Counterhistory
  • Part One COUNTERTRADITIONS WITHIN THE TRADITION
  • CHAPTER 1 The God with Breasts: El Shaddai in the Bible
  • CHAPTER 2 Korah in the Midrash: The Hairless Heretic as Hero
  • CHAPTER 3 Counterhistory and Jewish Polemics against Christianity: The Sefer Toldot Yeshu and the Sefer Zerubavel
  • CHAPTER 4 "The Torah Speaks the Language of Human Beings" Abraham Ibn Ezra's Radical Interpretation of the Bible
  • CHAPTER 5 Between Melancholy and a Broken Heart: A Note on Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav's Depression
  • Part Two AMBIVALENT MODERNITY
  • CHAPTER 6 The Kabbalah in Nachman Krochmal's Philosophy of History
  • CHAPTER 7 Masochism and Philosemitism: The Strange Case of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
  • CHAPTER 8 Historical Heresies and Modern Jewish Identity
  • CHAPTER 9 Shabbtai Zvi and the Seductions of Jewish Orientalism
  • Part three WEIMAR ANTINOMIANS
  • CHAPTER 10 Leo Strauss: The Philosopher as Weimar Jew
  • CHAPTER 11 Arendt in Jerusalem: Hannah Arendt on the Eichmann Trial
  • CHAPTER 12 Gershom Scholem's "Ten Unhistorical Aphorisms on the Kabbalah" Translation and Commentary
  • Part Four HERETICAL POLITICS
  • CHAPTER 13 The Threat of Messianism: An Interview with Gershom Scholem (August 14, 1980)
  • CHAPTER 14 Mysticism and Politics in Modern Israel: The Messianic Ideology of Abraham Isaac Ha-Cohen Kook
  • CHAPTER 15 The End of Enlightenment?
  • EPILOGUE By the Waters of San Francisco: A Partial Autobiography
  • Notes

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