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Jews at the Crossroads: Tradition and Accomodation During the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility Hardcover - 2007
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Examines the social and political history of the Jews of Miskolc-the third largest Jewish community in Hungary-and presents the wider transformation of Jewish identity during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It explores the emergence of a moderate, accommodating form of traditional Judaism that combined elements of tradition and innovation, thereby creating an alternative to Orthodox and Neolog Judaism. This form of traditional Judaism reconciled the demands of religious tradition with the expectations of Magyarization and citizenship, thus allowing traditional Jews to be patriotic Magyars. By focusing on Hungary, this book seeks to correct a trend in modern Jewish historiography that views Habsburg Jewish History as an extension of German Jewish History, most notably with regard to emancipation and enlightenment. Rather than trying to fit Hungarian Jewry into a conventional Germano-centric taxonomy, this work places Hungarian Jews in the distinct contexts of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Danube Basin, positing a more seamless nexus between the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This nexus was rooted in a series of political experiments by Habsburg sovereigns and Hungarian noblemen that culminated in civic equality, and in the gradual expansion of traditional Judaism to meet the challenges of the age.
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- Title Jews at the Crossroads: Tradition and Accomodation During the Golden Age of the Hungarian Nobility
- Author Howard N. Lupovitch
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Central European University Press, Budapest
- Date 2007-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9789637326660 / 9637326669
- Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.38 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 16.21 x 2.29 cm)
- Themes
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Dewey Decimal Code 943.99
About the author
Howard N. Lupovitch earned a PhD in History from Columbia University and is currently the Pulver Family Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Colby College.
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