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Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher: Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies
Author(s): Nahum Karlinsky; Nahum Karlinsky
Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions
Keywords: Orthodox Judaism; History; Literature; Culture
Type: Report
Abstract:
The author discusses Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) historiographical literature, in which modern historical writing techniques are coupled with an anti-modern value system and juxtaposed with hagiographical miracle tales to create multifaceted works containing both scholarship and fundamentalism. The author examines the 1902 work "Beit Rabi" by Hayyim Meir Heilman to illustrate his understanding of the genre.