The Invention of "Hebrew Law" in Mandatory Palestine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5345286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Assaf Likhovski (0000-0003-2128-5239, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 339 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Comparative Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-919X • E-ISSN: 2326-9197 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/840933 |
| OpenAlex | W2072137986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
This paper examines the attempt of some Jewish nationalists to create a Jewish legal system in early 20th century Palestine. Like many nationalist movements, Zionism, the Jewish nationalist movement, sought to revive its cultural past. The best known aspect of Zionist cultural activity was the revival of the language, but linguistic revival was not the only item on the cultural agenda. Some Zionists also sought to revive what they called Hebrew law and make it the legal system of the Jewish community in Palestine. In this article, I will argue that the revival of law, like the revival of a large part of culture was not meant to be a continuation of the Jewish past, but a break with it; not so much the restoration of an oldtradition, as the invention of a new one. law, like the rest of Zionist culture, was constructed by its early advocates, most of whom were secular Jews, as a reflection of Zionist ideology and identity needs. It was to be a new legal system, not the restored old system of the Jews of the Diaspora. law, I will conclude, was a new legal entity defined and assembled by its revivers in a way which would entice its potential subjects - the Jewish community in Palestine - to adopt it
Archaeology · Diaspora · Haskalah · Hebrew · Ideology · Jewish identity · Jewish studies · Judaism · Mandatory Palestine · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Zionism · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2019 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |