Alexandra Zirkle
Biographic Data
| ID | 2832724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Zirkle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Zirkle |
| SIGNATURE | ZIRKLE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-5563-7027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tortured Readings
Chastening Germany
Heinrich Graetz (1817–1891), the famous historian and biblical exegete, penned his commentary to the Song of Songs in 1871 to counter rising antisemitism fueled by racialized fantasies of Jewish gender and sexuality. Graetz contested antisemitic tropes of Jewish masculinity and femininity by reconfiguring the Song of Songs, this most blatantly erotic book of scripture, as a testament to and celebration of Jewish chastity. Against the lascivious f…
Heinrich Graetz and the Exegetical Contours of Modern Jewish History
Heinrich Graetz, known to twenty-first-century readers as a famous historian of the Jews, was also a prolific and influential biblical exegete. With his passing in 1891, Graetz was remembered by subsequent generations as both historian and exegete, but by the mid-twentieth century Graetz's exegetical scholarship had been dropped from his intellectual biography. Recent publications have overwhelmingly focused on Graetz's historical writings, and w…
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Heinrich Graetz and the Exegetical Contours of Modern Jewish History
Heinrich Graetz, known to twenty-first-century readers as a famous historian of the Jews, was also a prolific and influential biblical exegete. With his passing in 1891, Graetz was remembered by subsequent generations as both historian and exegete, but by the mid-twentieth century Graetz's exegetical scholarship had been dropped from his intellectual biography. Recent publications have overwhelmingly focused on Graetz's historical writings, and w…
Chastening Germany
Heinrich Graetz (1817–1891), the famous historian and biblical exegete, penned his commentary to the Song of Songs in 1871 to counter rising antisemitism fueled by racialized fantasies of Jewish gender and sexuality. Graetz contested antisemitic tropes of Jewish masculinity and femininity by reconfiguring the Song of Songs, this most blatantly erotic book of scripture, as a testament to and celebration of Jewish chastity. Against the lascivious f…
Tortured Readings
Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity (3 works) · Art (2 works) · German (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Antisemitism (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Art, Aesthetics, and Perception (1 work)