Abraham S. Yahuda (1877–1951) and the Politics of Modern Jewish Scholarship

Gonzalez, Allyson

doi:10.1353/jqr.2019.0017

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“…Increasing awareness of nineteenth-century intellectuals, especially amateurs like Moritz Heidenheim (Franz-Klauser 2006), philologists such as Wilhelm Gesenius (Tal 2013), manuscript purchasers like the Qaraite writer and traveller Abraham Firkovich (Akhiezer 2018; Harviainen and Shehadeh 1994, 2003), and Jewish intellectuals such as Abraham Shalom Yahuda (Gonzalez 2019; Schorch 2019b), helps us grasp how far the disciplinary form of the study of the Bible depends on whose stories it has excluded. That goes for both the orientalist discourses of the past and the thin reclamatory discourses of the present, given the tendency of the latter to fight on the ground established by the scholarly genealogy they criticize more often than to look beyond it.…”

Section: Scholarly Moves In the Study Of The Samaritans Since 2004mentioning

confidence: 99%

Samaritans, Biblical Studies, and Ancient Judaism: Recent Trends

Chalmers

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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In this article, I survey recent trends in Samaritan studies, with a particular focus on biblical studies and the interactions of Samaritan Israelites with other religious traditions. While remaining entrenched in discussion of the origins of Samaritans, scholars have firmly embraced the idea of processual Samaritan identity, emerging over time and in a non-genealogical sense alongside and interwoven with Judean/Jewish self-definition. Extensive work clusters, in particular, at three nodes: the study of Hebrew-language scriptures, archaeological excavations, and the remodelling of identity-production in a constructivist form. I also sketch out the directions in which the field is moving, with growing and productive emphasis on Aramaic, Arabic, and late antiquity. Finally, I identify some of the quirks of Samaritan studies as it might be encountered, in particular a continued effort to salvage Samaritans for biblical studies, somewhat intermittent interdisciplinarity, and practices of engagement with Samaritan Israelites themselves.

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Section: Scholarly Moves In the Study Of The Samaritans Since 2004mentioning

confidence: 99%