Between Babylon and Jerusalem

Selected Writings
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-525-31125-7
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Hebrew, 428 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 871 g

Reihe: Library of Jewish history and culture

Simon Rawidowicz (1896–1957) was one of the most innovative, if also underappreciated, Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. He was a partner in conversation with many of the leading Jewish cultural or political figures of the first half of the century including David Ben-Gurion, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Martin Buber, and Simon Dubnow. His distinctive theory of "Babylon and Jerusalem" remains one of the most interesting formulations of Jewish national ideology, as it sought to mediate between the poles of Zionism and Diasporism. This volume captures Rawidowicz’s multiple and overlapping concerns – both scholarly and contemporary – as well as the distinctive rich timbre of his Hebrew style. All those interested in modern Jewish thought, the relationship between Israel and Diaspora, the recurrent "Arab Question" in Zionist and Israeli politics, and the state of Jewish people will find benefit in this collection of new or hardly known texts from the pen of Simon Rawidowicz.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rawidowicz, Simon

Myers, David N.

Ravid, Benjamin C. I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Myers, David N.
David N. Myers holds the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA. He is the author or editor of many books in the field of Jewish history.

Ravid, Benjamin C. I.
Benjamin C. I. Ravid is Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. He is the author of numerous studies in the fields of early modern Jewish history, particularly Italy, and modern Jewish thought, with a special focus on the work of his father, Simon Rawidowicz.

Rawidowicz, Simon
Simon Rawidowicz (1896–1957) was one of the most innovative Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century.