Moses among the Moderns

German Constructions of Biblical Law, 1750–1930

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69176-6 (ISBN)

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This book explores the many framings of Moses in modern Germany, from historic lawgiver to founder of a nation. It traces constructions and contestations of Mosaic law across debates in history and theology, in society and politics.

A historic lawgiver and founder of an ancient nation, Moses was powerful and pivotal in the imagination of modern Germany. The late eighteenth to early twentieth century was an intense period of religious controversy, especially on 'the Jewish question', with new models for understanding faith, science, and the past. This volume focuses on the identification of Jewish law, both Pentateuch and Talmud, with the figure of Moses to trace the fascinations and anxieties of the Bible in modern culture. Through diverse perspectives, it examines the representations and appropriations of Moses as a father of Judaism and framer of European civilization.

Paul Michael Kurtz (Dr. phil., Göttingen) is a cultural, intellectual, and religious historian at Ghent University. His research centers on the history of biblical, classical, and oriental studies in modern Europe.

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Introduction Moses in Modernity

Paul Michael Kurtz

Part 1

Representations of the Past

1 ‘The Early Speech of Nations’ Biblical Poetry and the Emergence of Germanic Myth

Ofri Ilany

2 The Rise of Jewish Mythology Biblical Exegesis and the Scientific Study of Myth

Carlotta Santini

3 Moses or Hammurabi? Law, Morality & Modernity in Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Felix Wiedemann

Part 2

Transformations in the Present

4 Gesetz als Gegensatz The Modern Halachic Language Game

Irene Zwiep

5 The Truth Shall Abide Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on the Binding Nature of Torah

Judith Frishman

6 ‘A Law for Jews and Not for Christians’? Mosaic Law and the Deceased Wife’s Sister Debate in Victorian Britain

Michael Ledger-Lomas

7 Moses and the Left Traces of the Torah in Modern Jewish Anarchist Thought

Carolin Kosuch

Afterword Moses and the Modern Germans: the Lawgiver in a Philhellenic Age

Suzanne Marchand

Bibliography

Index of Persons

Erscheinungsdatum	22.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; 36
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	587 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-04-69176-6 / 9004691766
ISBN-13	978-90-04-69176-6 / 9789004691766
Zustand	Neuware