| The Jewish Past Revisited: Reflections on Modern Jewish Historians Contributor(s): Myers, David G. (Editor), Ruderman, David B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300191537 ISBN-13: 9780300191530 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $58.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| Series: Studies in Jewish Culture and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.84 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this fascinating new collection of essays, contemporary historians examine the ways earlier historians have framed, written, and made the Jewish past. Probing the ideology and methodology of their professional predecessors, American and Israeli historians offer new perspectives on some of the central figures of twentieth-century Jewish historiography, including Gershom Scholem, S. D. Goitein, Yitzhak Baer, Elias Bickermann, and Cecil Roth, as well as the Israeli New Historians. Although the lives and work of these scholars differ in many ways, Jewish historians have recurrently confronted the challenges posed by assimilation, antisemitism, and various forms of nationalism. Through their critical examinations of the construction of the Jewish past, the contributors to this volume develop important insights into current attitudes toward the dominant canons and ideals of historical scholarship and the future of historiography. They shine new light on the formation of a historical worldview and the making of history. |