The Veil of Moses
Jewish Themes in Russian Literature of the Romantic Era
Mikhail Weisskopf, The Hebrew University, Translated by Lydia Wechsler, Edited by Judith Robey
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Biographical note
Mikhail Weisskopf, Ph.D.(summa cum laude), Hebrew University, is lecturer at that university. He is the author of five monographs on Russian literature. His sixth, A Demiurge in Love: Metaphysics and Eros of Russian Romanticism is now available in Moscow.
Table of contents
Preface to the English Edition
Acknowledgements
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Introduction to the English Edition
Chapter One: The Religious-Historical Context
Chapter Two: A Look at Foreign Jewry: The Adoption of Western Models
Chapter Three: The Magic of Kabbalah and the Aesthetics of the Old Testament
Chapter Four: Russia as the New Israel
Chapter Five: The Ideological and Social Background of the Jewish Image
Chapter Six: Encounters with Judaism and the Jews: Amendments to Real Impressions
Chapter Seven: Literary Templates
Chapter Eight: The Journalistic Campaign of 1838 and its Repercussions
Chapter Nine: Baptism or Repatriation?
Chapter Ten: A People without a Homeland: The Jews in Russia in the 1840s
Epilogue: The Further Evolution of the Jewish Theme
Acknowledgements
Translator’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Introduction to the English Edition
Chapter One: The Religious-Historical Context
Chapter Two: A Look at Foreign Jewry: The Adoption of Western Models
Chapter Three: The Magic of Kabbalah and the Aesthetics of the Old Testament
Chapter Four: Russia as the New Israel
Chapter Five: The Ideological and Social Background of the Jewish Image
Chapter Six: Encounters with Judaism and the Jews: Amendments to Real Impressions
Chapter Seven: Literary Templates
Chapter Eight: The Journalistic Campaign of 1838 and its Repercussions
Chapter Nine: Baptism or Repatriation?
Chapter Ten: A People without a Homeland: The Jews in Russia in the 1840s
Epilogue: The Further Evolution of the Jewish Theme
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