Re-Inventing the Jewish Past: European Jewish Intellectuals and the Zionist Return to History

by David N. Myers

David Myers' book explores a fascinating and untold chapter in modern Jewish intellectual history: the role of the first generation of Jewish scholars at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in establishing Jewish studies within the framework of a Jewish national university. Committed to rewriting Jewish history according to Zionist standards, these "Jerusalem scholars" richly reflect the tensions that attended their dual allegiances, to both Zionism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195098420
• ISBN13: 9780195098426
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"