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2016-05-03 01:51:51 Post No. 1078461
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2016-05-03 01:51:51
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The Invention of the Jewish People
What does /his/ think about the Jewish people and the definition of "Jewish people" - also: has anyone here read Shlomo Sand's "The Invention of the Jewish People?"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_the_Jewish_People
He basically says that at
>"a certain stage in the 19th century intellectuals of Jewish origin in Germany, influenced by the folk character of German nationalism, took upon themselves the task of inventing a people "retrospectively," out of a thirst to create a modern Jewish people."
>Sand writes, they were similar to other nationalist movements in Europe at the time that sought the reassurance of a Golden Age in their past to prove they have existed as a separate people since the beginnings of history.
>Jewish people found theirs in what he calls "the mythical Kingdom of David". Before this invention, he says, Jews thought of themselves as Jews because they shared a common religion, not a common ethnic background.
So, basically the idea of a Jewish people or a Jewish "race" is a modern idea, "similar to other nationalists movements in Europe at the time", and actually in contrast to what ancient Jews believed.
