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Book SynopsisThe translator writes:The Jews'' State is over one hundred years old. The work is both catalyst and prophecy. Catalyst: Speaking both to Jews and to the international community, it virtually launched the modern debate about a modern state for Jews. Prophecy: it foretold the entire scope of this debate, its timing, its spread, its nature, its parameters. It is all there in embryo for us to read and ponder. This little book continues to inform conceptions and arguments about the position on Jews in their state and in the world, and about the relationship between Jews and their fellow human beings. In a very real sense, it still deeply guides how we view the contemporary Middle East.Translated and retranslated countless times and into many languages since it was published, this present translation is one of only three English versions that have been attempted in the century since its first publication, the first in English in twenty-five years. Its concerns are both text and context. Tho
Table of ContentsA Note from the Translator Preface Theodor Herzl: The Jews' State-An Introduction Title and Genesis The Jewish Context The European Context The Work Reception and Impact The Jews' State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution to the Issue of the Jews by Theodor Herzl Preamble Introduction General Part The Jewish Company Local Branches Society of Jews and the Jews' State Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Works and Translations of Theodor Herzl Reference Guides Newspapers and Journals Books and Articles Index
