Russian Ideational Roots of Jewish Thought and Hebrew Literature

This book demonstrates how the Russian thought and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries influenced Jewish thought and Hebrew literature. Through a comparative analysis of an extensive corpus of writings by renowned Russian and Jewish thinkers, the book reveals how ideas regarding th...

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Main Author:	Lapidus, Rina
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Academic Studies Press 20.02.2024
Edition:	1
Subjects:	19th century 20th century Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Haskala Hebrew literature Hebrew literature-19th century-Russian influences History HISTORY / Jewish HISTORY / Russia / Imperial Ideology in literature Intellectual life Jewish life Jewish literature Jewish literature-19th century-Russian influences Jewish national movement Jewish Studies Jewish thought Jews Language & Literature Literary criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Former Soviet Union LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century National characteristics in literature Religion RELIGION / Judaism / History Russian influences Russian literature Russian thought Slavic Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies Hebrew literature Jewish life Russian literature Jewish literature Jewish thought Russian thought Haskala Jewish national movement
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Summary:	This book demonstrates how the Russian thought and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries influenced Jewish thought and Hebrew literature. Through a comparative analysis of an extensive corpus of writings by renowned Russian and Jewish thinkers, the book reveals how ideas regarding the need for a national awakening penetrated from Russian to Jewish thought. The Jewish thinkers who embraced these notions adapted them to the reality and experience of Jewish life in Central and Eastern Europe. Likewise, portrayals of an individual’s quest for the authentic and just God in Russian literary works gained purchase in ideological Hebrew literature, where the hero searches for a true path to achieve spiritual, social, and national well-being for the Jewish people. Absorption of ideological influences is a universal phenomenon that is instrumental to progress and cultural development, and it is accepted in Jewish culture as well.
DOI:	10.1515/9798887194028