Emissaries from the Holy Land : the Sephardic diaspora and the practice of pan-Judaism in the eighteenth century /
Lehmann, Matthias B., 1970-
Emissaries from the Holy Land : the Sephardic diaspora and the practice of pan-Judaism in the eighteenth century / Matthias B. Lehmann. - 1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) : maps - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture . - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Network of beneficence : Istanbul, Jerusalem, and the philanthropic network -- Agents of philanthropy : emissaries from the Holy Land and the communities of the diaspora -- Ideological foundations -- Solidarity contested : ethnic division and the quest for unity -- End of an era : the transformation of the philanthropic network in the nineteenth century -- Epilogue : pan-Judaism.
For Jews in every corner of the world, the Holy Land has always been central. But that conviction was put to the test in the eighteenth century when Jewish leaders in Palestine and their allies in Istanbul sent rabbinic emissaries on global fundraising missions. From the shores of the Mediterranean to the port cities of the Atlantic seaboard, from the Caribbean to India, these emmissaries solicited donations for the impoverished of Israel's homeland. Emissaries from the Holy Land explores how this eighteenth century philanthropic network was organized and how relations of trust and solidarity were built across vast geographic differences. It looks at how the emissaries and their supporters understood the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and the Land of Israel, and it shows how cross-cultural encounters and competing claims for financial support involving Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and North African emissaries and communities contributed to the transformation of Jewish identity from 1720 to 1820. Solidarity among Jews and the centrality of the Holy Land in traditional Jewish society are often taken for granted. Lehmann challenges such assumptions and provides a critical, historical perspective on the question of how Jews in the early modern period encountered one another, how they related to Jerusalem and the land of Israel, and how the early modern period changed perceptions of Jewish unity and solidarity. Based on original archival research as well as multiple little-known and rarely studied sources, Emissaries from the Holy Land offers a fresh perspective on early modern Jewish society and culture and the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and Palestine in the eighteenth century.
9780804792462 (electronic bk.) 0804792461 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctvqrrm4x JSTOR
1700-1799
Sephardim--History--18th century.
Jewish diaspora--History--18th century.
Jews--Identity--History--18th century.
Jews--Charities--History--Palestine--18th century.
Séfarades--Histoire--18e siècle.
Diaspora juive--Histoire--18e siècle.
Juifs--Identité--Histoire--18e siècle.
HISTORY--World.
HISTORY / Jewish
Jewish diaspora.
Jews--Charities.
Jews--Identity.
Sephardim.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS134 / .L44 2014eb
909/.0492407
Emissaries from the Holy Land : the Sephardic diaspora and the practice of pan-Judaism in the eighteenth century / Matthias B. Lehmann. - 1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) : maps - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture . - Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Network of beneficence : Istanbul, Jerusalem, and the philanthropic network -- Agents of philanthropy : emissaries from the Holy Land and the communities of the diaspora -- Ideological foundations -- Solidarity contested : ethnic division and the quest for unity -- End of an era : the transformation of the philanthropic network in the nineteenth century -- Epilogue : pan-Judaism.
For Jews in every corner of the world, the Holy Land has always been central. But that conviction was put to the test in the eighteenth century when Jewish leaders in Palestine and their allies in Istanbul sent rabbinic emissaries on global fundraising missions. From the shores of the Mediterranean to the port cities of the Atlantic seaboard, from the Caribbean to India, these emmissaries solicited donations for the impoverished of Israel's homeland. Emissaries from the Holy Land explores how this eighteenth century philanthropic network was organized and how relations of trust and solidarity were built across vast geographic differences. It looks at how the emissaries and their supporters understood the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and the Land of Israel, and it shows how cross-cultural encounters and competing claims for financial support involving Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and North African emissaries and communities contributed to the transformation of Jewish identity from 1720 to 1820. Solidarity among Jews and the centrality of the Holy Land in traditional Jewish society are often taken for granted. Lehmann challenges such assumptions and provides a critical, historical perspective on the question of how Jews in the early modern period encountered one another, how they related to Jerusalem and the land of Israel, and how the early modern period changed perceptions of Jewish unity and solidarity. Based on original archival research as well as multiple little-known and rarely studied sources, Emissaries from the Holy Land offers a fresh perspective on early modern Jewish society and culture and the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and Palestine in the eighteenth century.
9780804792462 (electronic bk.) 0804792461 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctvqrrm4x JSTOR
1700-1799
Sephardim--History--18th century.
Jewish diaspora--History--18th century.
Jews--Identity--History--18th century.
Jews--Charities--History--Palestine--18th century.
Séfarades--Histoire--18e siècle.
Diaspora juive--Histoire--18e siècle.
Juifs--Identité--Histoire--18e siècle.
HISTORY--World.
HISTORY / Jewish
Jewish diaspora.
Jews--Charities.
Jews--Identity.
Sephardim.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DS134 / .L44 2014eb
909/.0492407