Jewish Cultural Nationalism

by David Aberbach

Jewish Cultural Nationalism explores the development of Jewish nationalism from the Bible to modern times, focusing on particular movements and places as well as texts which signified, or themselves brought about, the Bible (Hebrew prayer book), and the modern Hebrew literature, particularly in Tsarist Russia. While the influence of the Hebrew Bible alone on nationalism in individual periods has been subject to much scholarly study, the present work is unusual in its emphasis on the continuity of Jewish cultural nationalism and its influences through Hebrew texts.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 8, 2007

About the author

David Aberbach is Associate Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at McGill University, Canada.