"The Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth century Europe; his legacy is claimed by religious Jews, both Zionist and not. In the mid-twentieth century, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Rivlin wrote several books advancing the myth that the Gaon was an early pr...

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1. Verfasser:	Eṭḳes, ʿImanuʾel 1939- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Stanford, California Stanford University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Stanford sudies in Jewish history and culture
Schlagworte:	Rivlin, Shelomo Zalman > 1884-1962 Eliyahu ben Shelomoh Zalman > 1720-1797 Messianismus Zionismus Elijah ben Solomon / 1720-1797 Elijah ben Solomon / 1720-1797 / Disciples Rivlin, Shelomo Zalman / 1884-1962 Jewish messianic movements / History Zionism and Judaism / History Zionism / Israel / History Messianisme juif / Histoire Disciples Jewish messianic movements Zionism Zionism and Judaism Israel History
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Zusammenfassung:	"The Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth century Europe; his legacy is claimed by religious Jews, both Zionist and not. In the mid-twentieth century, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Rivlin wrote several books advancing the myth that the Gaon was an early progenitor of Zionism. Following the 1967 War in Israel, messianic sentiments spread in some circles of the national-religious public in Israel, who embraced this myth and made it a central component of the historical narrative they advanced. For those who identified with the religious Zionist enterprise, the myth of the Gaon and his disciples as the first Zionists was seen as proof of the righteousness of their path. In this book, Israeli scholar Immanuel Etkes explores how what he calls the "Rivlinian myth" took hold, and demonstrates that it has no basis in historical reality. Etkes argues that proponents of the Rivlinian myth seek to blur the distinction between Zionism as a modern national movement or a religious one - a distinction that underlies many of the central conflicts of contemporary Israeli politics. As historian David Biale suggests in his brief foreword to this English translation, "what is at stake here is not only historical truth but also the very identity of Zionism as a nationalist movement.""--
Beschreibung:	"Originally published in Hebrew in 2019 under the title Ha-tsiyonut ha-meshichit shel ha-gaon mi-Vilna: Hamtzaʼatah shel masoret.
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (ix, 220 Seiten) 14 Illustrationen und Porträts
ISBN:	9781503637092
DOI:	10.1515/9781503637092