TY - JOUR
T1 - Community and Controversy
T2 - Jews, Anglicans, and Biblical Criticism in Mid-Victorian England
AU - Breuer, Edward
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Mid-nineteenth-century Victorian England was roiled by public controversies regarding the legitimacy of biblical criticism, largely fueled by Anglicans and the Church of England establishment. Jews were well aware of these public controversies and even spoke out in a forthright manner. At this very juncture there was also a rather remarkable Jewish scholar, Marcus Kalisch, who began to advance critical notions in his commentary to the Pentateuch, ultimately coming to conclusions not altogether different from the leading critical scholars in Germany. This article explores the way in which Anglo-Jews first avoided, and then finally confronted, Kalisch's work, and what that said about communal sensitivities and self-consciousness.
AB - Mid-nineteenth-century Victorian England was roiled by public controversies regarding the legitimacy of biblical criticism, largely fueled by Anglicans and the Church of England establishment. Jews were well aware of these public controversies and even spoke out in a forthright manner. At this very juncture there was also a rather remarkable Jewish scholar, Marcus Kalisch, who began to advance critical notions in his commentary to the Pentateuch, ultimately coming to conclusions not altogether different from the leading critical scholars in Germany. This article explores the way in which Anglo-Jews first avoided, and then finally confronted, Kalisch's work, and what that said about communal sensitivities and self-consciousness.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0364009421000052
DO - 10.1017/s0364009421000052
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AN - SCOPUS:85113443650
SN - 0364-0094
VL - 45
SP - 252
EP - 281
JO - AJS Review
JF - AJS Review
IS - 2
ER -