Re-inventing the Jewish past
Subtitle: European Jewish intellectuals and the Zionist return to history
By: David N. Myers.
Series: Studies in Jewish history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim -- History.; Zionism -- Historiography.; Jews -- Historiography.; Jewish learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.; Jewish learning and scholarship -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.; Jewish learning and scholarship -- Jerusalem -- History -- 20th century.; Jewish scholars -- Jerusalem -- History -- 20th century.
Description: In Re-Inventing the Jewish Past: European Jewish Intellectuals and the Zionist Return to History, David N. Myers explores a fascinating and untold chapter in modern Jewish intellectual history: the role of the first generation of Jewish scholars at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in establishing Jewish studies within the framework of a Jewish national university.

Re-Inventing the Jewish Past will be of interest to students of Jewish, European, and Middle Eastern history, as well as to scholars engaged in the study of diasporas, comparative nationalism, and the relationship between history and memory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-270) and index.