Classical Transformations

Vered Lev Kenaan; Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

doi:10.1093/9780191989148.003.0001

Classical Transformations

Vered Lev Kenaan, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer

Department of Hebrew & Comparative Literature

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	Classics Transformed in Jewish, Israeli, and Palestinian Receptions
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	1-26
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191989148
ISBN (Print)	9780198878964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191989148.003.0001
State	Published - 1 Jan 2025

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Keywords

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

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General Arts and Humanities

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