Acknowledgements |
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Note on Transliteration |
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Abbreviations of Selected Primary Sources |
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Introduction |
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I Gershom Scholem: Language between Lamentation and Retaliation |
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23 | (54) |
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1 The Lamentation of Language Itself |
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25 | (22) |
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Scholem, Benjamin and Buber: Mind, Revelation and "Erlebnis" in Language |
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33 | (6) |
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Border Dialectic and Tradition |
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39 | (8) |
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2 From Lamentation to Retaliation |
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47 | (23) |
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Germany: The Rise of Zionism and the Fall of Hebrew |
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49 | (11) |
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Jerusalem: Hebrew between Victory and Catastrophe |
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60 | (10) |
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3 Agnon: Hebrew at the Crossroads |
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70 | (7) |
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75 | (2) |
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II Werner Kraft: "Singing a Lost World" |
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77 | (46) |
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1 Linguistic Dystopia and Restitution in Germany |
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82 | (12) |
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The Odd Couple: Rudolf Borchardt and Karl Kraus and the First World War |
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82 | (3) |
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Kraft and the German-Jewish Predicament |
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85 | (6) |
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Student and Librarian between the First World War and 1933 |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (8) |
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95 | (2) |
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"Imaginary Companions" and a German "Ark" in Exile |
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97 | (5) |
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3 A German Ark in Jerusalem: Language, Criticism and Translation |
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102 | (18) |
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Karl Kraus: Positive Language Critique |
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102 | (9) |
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Rudolf Borchardt: Language, Decay and Restoration |
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111 | (9) |
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120 | (3) |
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III Ludwig Strauss: Polyglot Dialogue and Parody |
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123 | (48) |
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1 Hebraism and Dialogue in Germany |
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124 | (20) |
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Political Writings: Language and Mediation |
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125 | (8) |
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The Mediator. Identity, Literature and Language |
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133 | (2) |
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Poetological Treatises: Poetry as Dialogue |
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135 | (9) |
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2 Polyglossia and Parody in Palestine |
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144 | (24) |
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Mutual Echoing: Leah Goldberg, Language Renewal and Translation |
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148 | (5) |
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Messianic Reverberation: Linguistic Passage and Homecoming |
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153 | (15) |
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168 | (3) |
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Conclusion: The Eyes and Ears of Language |
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171 | (8) |
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179 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (13) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (13) |
Index |
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