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Tangled roots: The emergence of Israeli culture

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Abstract

"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"--
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationProvidence, Rhode Island
PublisherBrown University
Number of pages116
ISBN (Electronic)9781951498740
ISBN (Print)9781951498733, 9781951498726
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Publication series

NameBrown Judaic studies
PublisherBrown University
VolumeNumber 365

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