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OverviewThe Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth-century Europe; his legacy is claimed by religious Jews, both Zionist and not. In the mid-twentieth century, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Rivlin wrote several books advancing the myth that the Gaon was an early progenitor of Zionism. Following the 1967 War in Israel, messianic sentiments spread in some circles of the national-religious public in Israel, who embraced this myth and made it a central component of the historical narrative they advanced. For those who identified with the religious Zionist enterprise, the myth of the Gaon and his disciples as the first Zionists was seen as proof of the righteousness of their path. In this book, Israeli scholar Immanuel Etkes explores how what he calls the ""Rivlinian myth"" took hold, and demonstrates that it has no basis in historical reality. Etkes argues that proponents of the Rivlinian myth seek to blur the distinction between Zionism as a modern national movement or a religious one-a distinction that underlies many of the central conflicts of contemporary Israeli politics. As historian David Biale suggests in his brief foreword to this English translation, ""what is at stake here is not only historical truth but also the very identity of Zionism as a nationalist movement."" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Immanuel EtkesPublisher: Stanford University Press Imprint: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9781503634534ISBN 10: 1503634531 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 31 October 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Foreword by David Biale Acknowledgments Introduction PART I The books Hazon Zion and Kol ha-Tor and the Rivlinian myth 1. Hazon Zion, a Messianic Zionist movement 2. The main ideas of Kol ha-Tor 3. Does Kol ha-Tor express a Messianic Zionist doctrine held by the Vilna Gaon PART II The Vilna Gaon and his disciples as the first Zionists: The evolution of a myth 4. Why did the disciples of the Vilna Gaon immigrate to the Land of Israel? 5. How did the Rivlinian myth take form? 6. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kasher's Ha-Tkufah ha-Gdolah 7. The academic version of the Rivlinian myth 8. Did Shlomo Zalman Rivlin receive the text of Kol ha-Tor from Yitzhak Zvi Rivlin? PART III Additional writings by Shlomo Zalman Rivlin 9. Mossad ha-Yesod: The Old Yishuv recast as the beginnings of Zionism 10. Midrash Shlomo and the Department for Training Young Orators 11. Ha-Maggid Doresh Zion: Rabbi Moshe Rivlin as a ""Zionist"" leader 12. Sefer ha-Pizmonim: Yosef Yosha Rivlin as a ""Messianic Zionist visionary PART IV The creation of Kol ha-Tor 13. Who was the author of Kol ha-Tor? 14. Shlomo Zalman Rivlin: The man and his literary motives 15. The embrace of the Rivlinian myth and Kol ha-Tor in Religious Zionist circles Conclusion Appendix: Rivlin family members Notes Bibliography Index"Reviews"""Immanuel Etkes's meticulously learned study demolishes the revisionist history of the origins of Zionism. Not only has Etkes set the historical record straight, but he has also exposed the falsifications of history that serves the pernicious political turn towards messianic and antidemocratic religious fundamentalism in Israel today. An exceptional work of sober historical scholarship that makes a real difference in our understanding of the contemporary world.""—Allan Nadler, Drew University" """Immanuel Etkes's meticulously learned study demolishes the revisionist history of the origins of Zionism. Not only has Etkes set the historical record straight, but he has also exposed the falsifications of history that serve the pernicious political turn towards messianic and antidemocratic religious fundamentalism in Israel today. An exceptional work of sober historical scholarship that makes a real difference in our understanding of the contemporary world.""—Allan Nadler, Drew University ""In concise chapters Etkes reviews and rejects direct personal involvement of the Vilna Gaon in the life of the first Zionist settlers. He persuasively argues that valid letters and literature suggest that the Gaon's teaching, not direct involvement, inspired return to Zion among his disciples and descendants.... Recommended.""—Z. Garber, CHOICE ""Are [Hazon Zion and Kol haTor] these works authored by students of the Gaon? Or were they written by Shlomo Zalman Rivlin, a 20th-century Jerusalemite, who attributed them to the Gaon's students? ""In this important book, ... Immanuel Etkes puts the debate to rest. He meticulously documents the supposed evidence of the earlier authorship and discovers that none of it holds water.""—Yoel Finkelman, Association of Jewish Libraries News and Reviews" """Immanuel Etkes's meticulously learned study demolishes the revisionist history of the origins of Zionism. Not only has Etkes set the historical record straight, but he has also exposed the falsifications of history that serve the pernicious political turn towards messianic and antidemocratic religious fundamentalism in Israel today. An exceptional work of sober historical scholarship that makes a real difference in our understanding of the contemporary world.""—Allan Nadler, Drew University" Author InformationImmanuel Etkes is Professor Emeritus of the History of the Jewish People at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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