The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture

Axel Stähler

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The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture

Axel Stähler
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Sprachen: Englisch, Deutsch

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This book explores in a comparative approach the astounding medial variety and intermedial interleaving of cultural engagements with the subject of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple by the Romans in nineteenth-century Germany. Its main argument is that the pervasive discursive presence of the historical occurrence constitutes a significant but so far largely neglected arena for the negotiation of shifting German and Jewish imaginaries in which both German and Jewish creative minds engaged. Interpreted as pivotal not only for the progression of the history of salvation but also of universal history and responding to such decisive socio-cultural and political developments as the Kulturkampf and the rise of nationalism and antisemitism, the profusion of cultural engagements with the subject reveals its frequently contradictory polyvalence in the tense atmosphere of national unification, the negotiation of religious and national identities, and the positioning of the Jewish other; but also as a vehicle of Jewish self-definition and self-assertion in a period of proliferating antisemitism. The book addresses a broad readership of scholars of the culture of the nineteenth century, of intermediality, and of antisemitism.

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Axel Stähler, Universität Bern, Schweiz.

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“This magisterial study links the development of cultural attitudes in 19^th-century Germany to shifting trends in German and Jewish imaginaries of the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in the first century. It is, to say the least, an extremely ambitious and worthy project. The use of the destruction of Jerusalem so brilliantly interwoven by Stähler is a quintessential example of how a past event plays an outsize role in configuring the position of the Jews in a foreign environment. (…) Stähler’s project is a tour de force that will be important to scholars in modern European cultural production.” – Jacob Lassner, Phillip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization in the departments of History and Religion of Northwestern University, USA.

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Frontmatter Open Access PDF downloaden	I
Acknowledgments Erfordert eine Authentifizierung Nicht lizenziert Lizenziert PDF downloaden
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Contents Open Access PDF downloaden	V
Introduction: Representations of the Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Music, Art, and Literature Open Access PDF downloaden	1
Chapter I The Jews and the Destruction of Jerusalem in German Art and Oratorios of the Nineteenth Century Open Access PDF downloaden	17
Digression I Straddling Cultures: Pierson Open Access PDF downloaden	145
Chapter II Inspiration from Abroad: The Destruction of Jerusalem and the English Precedent Open Access PDF downloaden	156
Digression II Vice in all its Ugliness: Rittershausen Open Access PDF downloaden	254
Chapter III The Destruction of Jerusalem and the Trajectory of Ahasuerus: Fleeing the Conflagration or Seeking it? Open Access PDF downloaden	267
Digression III The Destruction of Jerusalem and the First World War: Krane Open Access PDF downloaden	314
Chapter IV The Destruction of Jerusalem as a Battleground in the Culture War Open Access PDF downloaden	318
Digression IV Contest of the Gods and Contesting the Gods―The Extension of the Kulturkampf and the Rise of Humanity: Schneeberger Open Access PDF downloaden	492
Chapter V The Destruction of Jerusalem in the German Jewish Literary Imagination Open Access PDF downloaden	502
Digression V Berenice: belle juive, juive fatale, juive bestiale Open Access PDF downloaden	656
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Index Open Access PDF downloaden	741

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111662954

eBook ISBN: 9783111662954

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Schlagwörter für dieses Buch

Jerusalem; 19. Jahrhundert; Identität; Antisemitismus

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Literary studies scholars, music scholars, scholars in the fields of antisemitism, the 19th century and cultural history

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