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- Title
On German-Jewish Thinkers Not Knowing Hebrew.
- Authors
LISKA, VIVIAN
- Abstract
The article deals with the difference in paradigms used by proponents of the traditional Judaic Studies and the modern German-Jewish Studies, which focuses on the history of the German Jews and their intellectual, artistic and cultural contributions to the German-speaking society. It references the books "Necessary Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem," by Robert Alter and "Old Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism & 20th-Century Thought," by Moshe Idel.
- Subjects
JEWISH studies; HISTORY of German Jews; NECESSARY Angels: Tradition &; Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin &; Scholem (Book); OLD Worlds, New Mirrors: On Jewish Mysticism &; 20th-Century Thought (Book); ALTER, Robert; IDEL, Moshe
- Publication
Prooftexts, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 1, p140
- ISSN
0272-9601
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/prooftexts.33.1.140