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Literature
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The concept of a single, comprehensive Jewish literature and a Jewish literary canon became dubious after the idea of a unified Jewish religious culture was shattered in the modern period. The nationalist viewpoint, according to which Jewish literatu…

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Miron, Dan, “Literature”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 21 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0452>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312



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