,Haredi Counter History: Some Theoretical and Methodological Aspects

Haredi Counter History: Some Theoretical and Methodological Aspects


 

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.