Role Model and Countermodel : The Golden Age of Iberian Jewry and German Jewish Culture During the Era of Emancipation.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Notes -- 1 Iberian-Sephardic Culture as Intercultural System of Reference -- Historical Foundations: Jewish History and Culture in Ancient Spain -- Jewish History under Muslim Rule in al-Andalus -- Jews in Christian Spain -- Forms of Perception in German Jewish Culture -- Methodological Approach and State of Research -- Notes -- 2 The Significance of Iberian-Sephardic Culture for the Haskalah -- The Haskalah as an Era of Upheaval -- Dohm's On the Civil Improvement of the Jews -- History of Its Reception: Dohm's Memorandum -- Educational Programs of the Maskilim and the Sephardic Model in Amsterdam -- The German Jewish Press in the Haskalah and the Iberian-Sephardic Ideal -- Biographies of Famous Men -- Moses Maimonides -- Maimonides' Reception in the Haskalah -- Menasseh ben Israel -- The Maskilic Reception of Menasseh ben Israel -- Representations of Sephardic History in theJournal Sulamith -- Notes -- 3 The Origins of the Science of Judaism -- Representing German National History, the Jewish and non-Jewish Perspectives -- The Image of Spain in German Literature and Intellectual History -- Johann Gottfried Herder's Idealization ofIberian Literatures -- Fichte's Nationalism: The Free German Volkand the Jews -- Novalis: Christianity as PoliticalRegulatory Factor -- Rühs and Fries Attacks and Saul Ascher's Response -- Counter-Images to the Concept of Nation in the "Society for Jewish Culture and Science" -- Saul Ascher's Polemical Antithesis -- Leopold Zunz's Organism Theory: The Example of Iberian-Sephardic Culture -- Isaak Markus Jost and his Political History of the Sephardic Jews -- Notes -- 4 Jewish Historiography and Jewish History in Spain as a Countermodel -- Jewish History as Reflected in Heinrich Graetz's Depictions of Iberian-Sephardic andPolish-Jewish Life.

Graetz's Construction of Jewish History and the Myth of al-Andalus -- Graetz's Portrayal of Polish Jewish Life -- Reception History since Mendelssohn -- Abraham Geiger's Interpretation of Iberian-Sephardic History as Counter-History -- Geiger and the Science of Judaism -- Geiger and the Iberian-Sephardic Role Model -- Representation of Poets in Geiger's Works -- Notes -- 5 Adaptations of the Iberian Role and Countermodel -- Jewish Literature and German National Literature: Iberian-Sephardic Authors asIntercultural Mediators -- Point of Departure:Phöbus Philippson's The Marranos -- Ludwig Philippson as Writer and Advocate -- Iberian-Sephardic History in Ludwig Philippson's Fictional Works -- Neo-Orthodox Responses -- The Damascus-Affair: Starting Point for Ludwig Philippson's Political Initiative in Spain -- The Politics of His Day: Ludwig Philippson's Use of the Iberian-Sephardic Model -- The Middle Ages and Its Consequences -- Philippson's Petition of 1854 -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book uses the parameters of role model and countermodel to analyze the perception of Iberian-Jewish history and culture in German-Jewish remembrance culture during the era of emancipation. It speaks to the significance of intercultural mediation as key to the German-Jewish experience through the lens of this "Golden Age" in Jewish history.

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