Nationalism, Zionism and Theological Discourse: David Frishman’s Views on Hayim Nahman Bialik Cover Image

Narodowość, syjonizm i dyskurs teologiczny: Dawid Fryszman wobec Chaima Nachmana Bialika
Nationalism, Zionism and Theological Discourse: David Frishman’s Views on Hayim Nahman Bialik

Author(s): Iris Parush
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Judaism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: David Frishman; Hayim Nahman Bialik; Zionism; Nationalism; literary criticism; Hebrew literature; literary canon; modernism

Summary/Abstract: The interface between politics and theology in the discourse of Zionism and Jewish nationalism has occupied writers, historians and literary critics since the end of the nineteenth century, and has received renewed attention recently. This paper analyzes David Frishman’s critique of Hayim Nahman Bialik’s literary work, highlighting Frishman’s anti-Zionist and anti-messianic stance. It then uses Frishman’s critique as a basis for critically examining the contemporary debate over the secularization of modern Hebrew literature.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 55-84
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Polish
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