Classical Transformations

Vered Lev Kenaan, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

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Abstract

The introduction offers a historical and cultural analysis of the ways Jews, Israelis, and Palestinians have used classical antiquity and classical philology to validate their identity in a rapidly changing society. It surveys critical moments in Jewish and Palestinian existence for which the restitution and revision of classical humanism turn into a question of survival. The chapter is divided into three parts: a discussion of the diasporic receptions through the lens of the Jewish-European complex, a discussion of the Israeli and Palestinian receptions, and chapter summaries.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationClassics Transformed in Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian Receptions
Pages1-26
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9780191989148
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2025

Keywords

  • Cultural hybridity
  • Erich Auerbach
  • European Jews
  • Exile
  • Georg Simmel
  • Hebrew and Arabic literature
  • Holocaust
  • Home
  • Shaul Tchernichovsky
  • Zionism

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

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