Modern Jewish Scholarship In Hungary: The Science Of Judaism Between East And West (europäisch-jüdische Studien Beiträge) (europaisch-judische Studien Beitrage)
by Tamas Turan /
2016 / English / PDF
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The Habsburg Empire was one of the first regions where the
academic study of Judaism took institutional shape in the
nineteenth century. In Hungary, scholars such as Leopold and
Immanuel Low, David Kaufmann, Ignaz Goldziher, Wilhelm Bacher,
and Samuel Krauss had a lasting impact on the Wissenschaft des
Judentums ("Science of Judaism"). Their contributions to
Biblical, rabbinic and Semitic studies, Jewish history,
ethnography and other fields were always part of a trans-national
Jewish scholarly network and the academic universe. Yet Hungarian
Jewish scholarship assumed a regional tinge, as it emerged at an
intersection between unquelled Ashkenazi yeshiva traditions,
Jewish modernization movements, and Magyar politics that boosted
academic Orientalism in the context of patriotic historiography.
For the first time, this volume presents an overview of a century
of Hungarian Jewish scholarly achievements, examining their
historical context and assessing their ongoing relevance.
The Habsburg Empire was one of the first regions where the
academic study of Judaism took institutional shape in the
nineteenth century. In Hungary, scholars such as Leopold and
Immanuel Low, David Kaufmann, Ignaz Goldziher, Wilhelm Bacher,
and Samuel Krauss had a lasting impact on the Wissenschaft des
Judentums ("Science of Judaism"). Their contributions to
Biblical, rabbinic and Semitic studies, Jewish history,
ethnography and other fields were always part of a trans-national
Jewish scholarly network and the academic universe. Yet Hungarian
Jewish scholarship assumed a regional tinge, as it emerged at an
intersection between unquelled Ashkenazi yeshiva traditions,
Jewish modernization movements, and Magyar politics that boosted
academic Orientalism in the context of patriotic historiography.
For the first time, this volume presents an overview of a century
of Hungarian Jewish scholarly achievements, examining their
historical context and assessing their ongoing relevance.
