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Nicholas I and the Jewish Cantonist Soldiers in Finland: A chapter in the psychohistory of intolerance
Get PDFA psychohistorical study of Nicholas I and the role of Nicholas and the cantonist system in Finnish Jewish collective memory
Svensk-judisk litteratur 1775–1991: en litteraturhistorisk översikt
No full textAn overview of Swedish-Jewish literature during the years 1775–1991
Book reviews
No full textJudendomen – i kristet perspektiv (Bo Johnson, 2000) is reviewed by Jesper Svartvik.The 'Jewish question' in German literature, 1749–1939: Emancipation and its discontents (Ritchie Robertson, 1999) is reviewed by Leena Eilittä.
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No full textA review article based on Jødenes historie i Norge gjennom 300 år (Mendelsohn, 1969; 1986) by Svante Hansson.Das jüdisch-christliche Problem. Randglossen zu einer Forschungsepoche (Gösta Lindeskog, 1986) is reviewed by Heikki Räisänen.Myten som vapen. Antisemitism, antisionism – två folks dröm om ett land (Svante Hansson, 1986) is reviewed by Karl-Johan Illman.Indenfor murene. Jødisk liv i Danmark 1684–1984 (1984) is reviewed by Svante Hansson.Immigranter. De østeuropeiske jøder i København 1904–1920 (Bent Blüdnikow, 1986) is reviewed by Svante Hansson.Judisk historia (Karl-Johan Illman & Tapani Harviainen, 1986) is reviewed by Józef Lewandowski
Book reviews
No full textNiddah. Lorsque les juifs conceptualisent la menstration (Evyatar Marienberg, 2003) is reviewed by Svante Lundgren.Jødedommen: religiøse tekster gennem 1000 år, Bind 1-2 (Børge Rod-Salomonsen & Judith Winther, 2001) is reviewed by Marianne Schleicher.Historien om kristiansundsjødene (Ove Boröchstein, 2000) and Jødene i Rogaland og utryddelsen (Finn E. Våga & Ole Askeland, 2001) are reviewed by Dagfinn Rian.Portrait of a Villain (Karin Hedner Zetterholm, 2001) is reviewed by Chaim Milikowsky.Oplysning i kirke og synagoge. Forholdet mellem kristne og jøder i den danske Oplysningstid (1760-1814) (Martin Schwarz Lausten, 2002) is reviewed by Lars Hagensen
Saadya's portrayal of the Messiah Ben Joseph
No full textThe intention of this article is to describe the different elements of Saadya’s story on Messiah ben Joseph and to discover on which sources this story was based. It has been maintained by renowned scholars that Saadya first and foremost made use of the Book of Zerubabbel in presenting the elements of his description of the Messiah ben Joseph. It seems, however, quite evident that he employed other sources as well. We have shown that he relies in some cases upon the Aggadat HaMashiah as against the Book of Zerubabbel. By contrast Saadya once has a striking parallel with the Otot HaMashiah as against both the Book of Zerubabbel and Aggadat HaMashiah. His description of the appearance of Amilus and of the death of Messiah ben Joseph is surprisingly restrained in comparison with the colourful details in the Book of Zerubabbel. Use of the Otot HaMashiah can also be demonstrated in the emphasis which is laid by Saadya on the “deterioration of Israel’s relationship with the governments of the world”
Det mänskliga lemmeltåget. Ett stycke motivhistoria
No full textIn a paper published in 1740, Carolus Linnaeus described the strange periodic migrations of the lemmings. This paper was summarized by the Swedish-Jewish poet and critic Oscar Levertin in his unfinished study of Linnaeus. Levertin also took Linnaeus’ description as the basis for his famous metaphor, in which he compared the migration of peoples with the migration of lemmings. It is possible that Levertin was also inspired by Max Nordau’s speech at the Fourth World Zionist Congress, in which Nordau employed a similar metaphor to describe the tragedy of Romanian Jewry. Nordau, in turn, may have seen Linnaeus’ paper, which was available in both German and English translation. Levertin was very concerned with the history and fate of his people. There are in his writings several parallels to Nordau’s imagery. Of particular significance is his short story Kalonymos (1899) in which the motif of Jewish migration is of fundamental importance
Book reviews
No full textDie dritte Position. Der jüdisch-christeliche Dialog bei Schalom Ben-Chorin bis 1945 (Timo Vasko, 1985) is reviewed by Kar-Johan Illman.Texter och tolkningar. En studiebok om gammaltestamentliga texter och nytestamentliga tolkningar (Tryggve Kronholm, 1985) is reviewed by Nils Martola
The Fate of Job in Jewish Tradition: On Job's counterpointist function
No full textJob's piety in The Book of Job is so ideal that it becomes problematic on two levels. First, it renders God a tyrant. Second, no one can fully identify with Job. Surely, we may suffer just as much as Job does and even feel that God is unjust, but no man can ever claim to be as pious as Job. Limited to a few examples of the fate of Job in Jewish tradition and concerned with Scripture's role with respect to religious normativity, this article will be guided by the following question: How can The Book of Job maintain its role within Jewish tradition as a normative text? My reading suggests that The Book of Job in itself is not normative. Rather, it serves as a counterpoint up against which the reception and transformation of Jewish theology can unfold and as such The Book of Job exerts its function on Jewish religiosity
Jewish/Christian symbolism in Bernard Malamud's novel God's grace
No full textBesides being one of the major American authors of the postwar period, Bernard Malamud is also one of the leading representatives of contemporary Jewish fiction. When God's Grace was published, it received very mixed reviews and the novel is likely to remain one of Malamud’s most controversial books. Part of the audience’s puzzlement derives from the fact that with its grotesque characters and strange events God’s Grace seems to defy definition. The novel is filled with literary references and biblical symbolism that mainly draws on Genesis and on the apocalyptic tradition fused with elements of Messianism. The author discusses the genre problem of God’s Grace by outlining some of its background in contemporary America fiction and then analyzing the meaning and effect of Malamud’s use of Jewish/Christian symbolism to enhance the valuable aspects of the Jewish inheritance