Books written by Yaacov Shavit
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The Hebrew Bible Reborn: From Holy Scripture to the Book of Books: A History of Biblical Culture and the Battles...
A History of Biblical Culture and the Battles over the Bible in Modern Judaism Yaacov Shavit, Mordechai Eran ... 265 On de Wette, see: J.W. Rogerson, W.M.L. de Wette: Founder of Modern Biblical Criticism, Sheffield, 1992, idem, ...
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History in Black: African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
The development of Afrocentric historical writing is explored in this study which traces this recording of history from the Hellenistic-Roman period to the 19th century.
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An Imaginary Trio: King Solomon, Jesus, and Aristotle
Klutz, Todd E. (2005): Rewriting the Testament of Solomon: Tradition, Conflict and Identity in a Late Antique Pseudepigraphon. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. → Knight, Christopher and Alan Butler (2007): Solomon's Power Brokers: The ...
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Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement 1925-1948
The opposition between 'old' and 'new' in Jewish history did not in the Revisionist worldviewextend to social or economic ... lacked any aspiration towardsa social vision, andneitherdid it attempt to envisage someformof Utopian future.
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Athens in Jerusalem: Classical Antiquity and Hellenism in the Making of the Modern Secular Jew
According to the author the Hellenistic tradition played a role as a model for Jewish modernisers to draw upon as they perceived a lack in Jewish culture.
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History in Black: African-Americans in Search of an Ancient Past
... Greek lands by connecting them with legends of foreign immigrants ( Myers , Who Were the Greeks ?, xxii ) . 31. There ... Homer , 25-30 . 36. According to Strabo , Homer took the foundation of his stories from historical accounts and his ...
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The Road to September 1939: Polish Jews, Zionists, and the Yishuv on the Eve of World War II
Piercing to the heart of conversations about how or whether to save Jews in an increasingly hostile Europe, this volume provides a nuanced and thoughtful assessment of what could and could not be achieved in the years just prior to World ...
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Staging and Stagers in Modern Jewish Palestine: The Creation of Festive Lore in a New Culture, 1882-1948
... Seleucid empire, but this is not the only “Greek” pagan element introduced into the Hanukkah festivities]. Two new verses were added to Handel's song, telling how the lamp was lit in the temple and the temple was purified, sung with the ...