The Emergence of Jewish Historiography
Motives and Motifs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4495566 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael A Meyer (0000-0002-9486-5448, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Publication date | 1988-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2656 • E-ISSN: 1468-2303 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2505001 |
| OpenAlex | W2334232486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The modernization of European Jewry was a gradual process that spread from individuals to communities and from one social class to another. It travelled from city to small town and from central and western Europe eastward. Among its component elements were economic redistribution, acculturation, secular education, and religious reform. Scholars have examined each of these elements and their interrelation. They have also recognized the appearance of a new historical consciousness that began to play a crucial role in the formation of modern Jewish identity. Recently, the shifting relation of Jews to their history has received much attention, both in general surveys and in specific studies.. Yet the emergence of a fresh historical awareness, after centuries in which historical interest was at best limited, deserves further consideration, for the process was by no means simple and straightforward. As Jews began to attribute major significance to history in general and to Jewish history in particular, they faced issues that were not speedily or uniformly resolved: What was the purpose of historical study? What history should be learned? How was the study of history related to Jewish religion and its possible reform? And perhaps most important, should the study of Jewish history principally serve to liberate the Jew from tradition by historicizing it or create a new attachment to the past by reconceiving it as a model or anchorage for the present? These questions emerge especially among German Jews during the periods of the Enlightenment and Romanticism. The answers given reflect both the intellectual milieu and the specific historical situation of the Jews
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Genealogy · Historiography · Judaism · Literature · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy · Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |