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A historic lawgiver and founder of an ancient nation, Moses was powerful and pivotal in the imagination of modern Germany. The late eighteenth to early twentieth century was an intense period of religious controversy, especially on 'the Jewish question', with new models for understanding faith, science, and the past. This volume focuses on the identification of Jewish law, both Pentateuch and Talmud, with the figure of Moses to trace the fascinations and anxieties of the Bible in modern culture. Through diverse perspectives, it examines the representations and appropriations of Moses as a father of Judaism and framer of European civilization.

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Author:   Paul Michael Kurtz
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.587kg
ISBN:  

9789004691766

ISBN 10:   9004691766
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   01 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Contributors  Introduction Moses in Modernity   Paul Michael Kurtz Part 1 Representations of the Past 1 ‘The Early Speech of Nations’ Biblical Poetry and the Emergence of Germanic Myth   Ofri Ilany 2 The Rise of Jewish Mythology Biblical Exegesis and the Scientific Study of Myth   Carlotta Santini 3 Moses or Hammurabi? Law, Morality & Modernity in Ancient Near Eastern Studies   Felix Wiedemann Part 2 Transformations in the Present 4 Gesetz als Gegensatz The Modern Halachic Language Game   Irene Zwiep 5 The Truth Shall Abide Samson Raphael Hirsch and Abraham Geiger on the Binding Nature of Torah   Judith Frishman 6 ‘A Law for Jews and Not for Christians’? Mosaic Law and the Deceased Wife’s Sister Debate in Victorian Britain   Michael Ledger-Lomas 7 Moses and the Left Traces of the Torah in Modern Jewish Anarchist Thought   Carolin Kosuch   Afterword Moses and the Modern Germans: the Lawgiver in a Philhellenic Age   Suzanne Marchand Bibliography Index of Persons

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Paul Michael Kurtz (Dr. phil., Göttingen) is a cultural, intellectual, and religious historian at Ghent University. His research centers on the history of biblical, classical, and oriental studies in modern Europe.

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