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Book SynopsisHaskalah and Beyond deals with the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment) the literary, cultural, and social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe. It represents the emergence of modernism and perhaps the budding of some aspects of secularism in Jewish society, following the efforts of the Hebrew and Jewish enlighteners to introduce changes into Jewish culture and Jewish life, and to revitalize the Hebrew language and literature. The author classifies these activities as a cultural revolution. In effect, the Haskalah was a counter-culture intended to modify or replace some of the contemporary rabbinic cultural framework, institutions, and practices and adopt them for its own envisioned Judaism of the Haskalah. The pioneering work of the founding fathers of the early Haskalah had greatly impacted the later developments of the Haskalah in the 19th century. Its reception in that century is studied as is the reception of one of the major figures of the early Haskalah, Isaac Euchel, a
Trade Review…A remarkably compelling work of literary scholarship….Pelli plausibly displays a profound knowledge and understanding of the Hebrew Enlightenment literature while studying its evolution and reception in much detail without compromising a comprehensive perspective of the latter….this book is a considerably paramount and praiseworthy contribution to the book shelf of the study of modern Hebrew literature. -- Yair Mazor, Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Part 2 Reception of Haskalah Chapter 3 1. The Maskilim's Perception of Haskalah Judaism: Forming and Reforming, Vision and Revision Chapter 4 2. The Reception of Early German Haskalah in Nineteenth-Century Haskalah Chapter 5 3. Euchel's Reception Throughout the Nineteenth-Century Haskalah Chapter 6 4. The Reception of Herder in the Hebrew Haskalah Part 7 Language of Haskalah: Poetics and Rhetoric Chapter 8 5. On the Role of Melitzah In Ealry Haskalah Literature and Its Reception at the End of the Period Chapter 11 7. Bikurei Ha'itim: The Hebrew Periodical of the Haskalah in Galicia Chapter 12 8. Kerem Hemed: Hochmat Israel as the 'New Yavneh' Part 13 Haskalah and Beyond Chapter 14 9. Aftermath of the Haskalah: An Overview Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index Chapter 17 About the Author; Books by the Author
