Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers (1868): Interdisciplinary Readings of a Forgotten Bestseller

Manja Herrmann

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Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers (1868)

Interdisciplinary Readings of a Forgotten Bestseller

Manja Herrmann

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Published/Copyright: 2021

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Volume 53 | Europäisch-jüdische Studien – Beiträge

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Wilhelm Herzberg’s novel Jewish Family Papers, which was first published under a pseudonym in 1868, was one of the bestselling German-Jewish books of the nineteenth century. Its numerous editions, reviews, and translations – into Dutch, English, and Hebrew – are ample proof of its impact. Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers picks up on some of the most central contemporary philosophical, religious, and social debates and discusses aspects such as emancipation, antisemitism, Jewishness and Judaism, nationalism, and the Christian religion and culture, as well as gender roles. So far, however, the novel has not received the scholarly attention it so assuredly deserves. This bilingual volume is the first attempt to acknowledge how this outstanding source can contribute to our understanding of German-Jewish literature and culture in the nineteenth century and beyond. Through interdisciplinary readings, it will discuss this forgotten bestseller, embedding it within various contemporary discourses: religion, literature, emancipation, nationalism, culture, transnationalism, gender, theology, and philosophy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction – Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jüdische Familienpapiere. Briefe eines Missionairs (1868): Interdisciplinary Readings of a Bestseller Manja Herrmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Ein Paradebeispiel der neo-orthodoxen Belletristik im 19. Jahrhundert? Ein Überblick zur Publikations- und Rezeptionsgeschichte der Jüdischen Familienpapiere von Wilhelm Herzberg Ulrike Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	11
The Hebrew Translations of Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers: Interpretation and Reception in Multiple Layers Judith Müller and Dekel Shay Schory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	29
The Translatability of Jewish Cultures: Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers in the Transatlantic Context Susanne Korbel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
“We Jewish Women Are Free”: Concepts of Womanhood in Wilhelm Herzberg’s Novel Jewish Family Papers Anna-Dorothea Ludewig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Wilhelm Herzbergs Binnenerzählung „Das Mädchen von Tanger“ als Darstellung eines authentischen Judentums Carsten Schapkow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
„Rückkehr heißt das Wort“ – Die Rückkehr zum Judentum in den Familienromanen Jüdische Familienpapiere Wilhelm Herzbergs und Dray doyres Yoel Mastboyms Magdalena Vinco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
Warum Judenmission misslingen muss: Mission und Konversion in Wilhelm Herzbergs Roman Jüdische Familienpapiere. Briefe eines Missionairs Armin Pöhlmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
The Narrative of Philosophical Reasoning: Mendelssohn’s Jerusalem in Wilhelm Herzberg’s Jewish Family Papers Ze’ev Strauss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
Eine religionsphilosophische Emanzipationsdebatte: Der Roman Jüdische Familienpapiere von Wilhelm Herzberg Micha Brumlik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Appendix
Dr. Wilhelm Herzberg (1827–1897). Eine lückenhafte Biographie Reuven Michael Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247

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January 18, 2021

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9783110297713

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249

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110297713

eBook ISBN: 9783110297713

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German-Jewish; Translation Studies; Transnational Jewish literature; Gender Studies

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Scholars with a focus on German-Jewish history and literature; Gender and Translation Studies; Jewish Thought

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