Boschwitz on Wellhausen

The Life, Work, and Letters of a Jewish Scholar in Nazi Germany

AvPaul Michael Kurtz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Julius Wellhausen was a monumental figure in the field of biblical studies, but his work has been denounced as antisemitic in recent years. This book offers a nuanced view of Wellhausen’s scholarship through a critical edition and translation of one of the last doctoral dissertations by a Jew in Nazi Germany: Friedemann Philipp Boschwitz’s Julius Wellhausen: Motives and Measures of His Historiography.Boschwitz presents a deep, holistic analysis of Wellhausen's thought, examining his work on ancient Judaism, early Christianity, and formative Islam within the framework of comparative religion and cultural history. He also situates Wellhausen in the context of German intellectual history, tracing the influence of Johann Gottfried Herder on Wellhausen and Wellhausen on Friedrich Nietzsche. In addition, Paul Michael Kurtz provides incisive commentary and archival materials that highlight Boschwitz’s scholarly achievements and open new vistas onto Jewish intellectual history. Piecing together fragments from private letters and official documents, Kurtz shows the formidable challenges Boschwitz faced as a Jewish scholar under a discriminatory political and academic regime. The correspondence also reveals Boschwitz’s rich social life and connections with major émigré thinkers such as Salo Baron, Leo Strauss, and Karl Löwith. Boschwitz on Wellhausen brings together a fascinating wealth of published and unpublished material to tell an original story of great importance to scholars of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Quran as well as those interested in German Judaism and modern philosophy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Studies in the Hebrew Bible
Antal sidor:314
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9781646022946

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Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Judiska heliga texter inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Paul Michael Kurtz is Associate Research Professor of History at Ghent University. His work has appeared in Critical Inquiry, History and Theory, Harvard Theological Review, and The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation, among other publications.

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“One might say that there are at least two books in this volume: the first is Boschwitz’s dissertation, the second recounts the motivation for and reception of the work. Kurtz’s account draws our attention to the unusual interest and praise for the project from some of the most prominent thinkers in Berlin in the 1920s and ’30s.”—Steven Frankel Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology