The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader

by Arthur Hertzberg

Overview

A classic since its initial publication in 1959, The Zionist Idea is an anthology of writings by the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, including Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin Buber, Louis Brandeis, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Judah Magnes, Max Nordau, Mordecai Kaplan, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Weizmann, and David Ben-Gurion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827606227
Publisher:	The Jewish Publication Society
Publication date:	10/01/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	656
Sales rank:	333,046
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.33(d)
Lexile:	1360L (what's this?)

What People are Saying About This

Abraham S. Halkin

These excerpts...enable the reader to follow the evolution and varieties of the Zionist idea from its earliest stages to expressions of optimism in the wake of the establishment of the State of Israel.

Nahum N. Glatzer

Hertzberg has done a remarkable pioneering job in presenting the intellectual history of Zionism against the background of both Israel's heritage and the Western world, and in examining the confrontation of the two.

Editorial Reviews

This 1960 "historical analysis and reader" gathers the writings of the most important Zionists of the time. LJ's reviewer stated that the "stress is upon the men's ideas and works as they relate to Zionism. Although the profiles are brief, they are penetrating" (LJ 4/15/60). This edition contains a new introduction and afterword by scholar/editor Hertzberg.

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