A Psychoanalytic History of the JewsA Psychoanalytic History of the Jews is an interdisciplinary rewriting and reinterpretation of four thousand years of Jewish history. It integrates insights from history, archaeology, biblical scholarship, anthropology, sociology and Jewish studies with those of psychoanalysis to achieve a deep understanding of Jewish history. The main thrust of this work is the application of psychoanalytic insight to Jewish history. This includes the evolution of the Hebrew religion as a projective response to the inner conflicts produced by the human family; the sociopsychological development of the Israelite kingdoms in Canaan; the fascinating duality of Jewish life in the "Diaspora"; and the emotional ties of the Jews to their idealized motherland from the Babylonian exile to modern political Zionism. |
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... language of Canaan . There are still disputes among scholars about Hebrew origins ( Meek 1960 ) . The name Israel , mean- ing " El shall reign , " was an attribute of the Canaanite father god El . The word Jew derives from the Old ...
... language of Canaan . There are still disputes among scholars about Hebrew origins ( Meek 1960 ) . The name Israel , mean- ing " El shall reign , " was an attribute of the Canaanite father god El . The word Jew derives from the Old ...
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... language in Judaea was no longer Hebrew but ( successively ) Aramaic , Per- sian , and Greek . The Hellenistic culture made deep inroads into that of the Jewish people . There was perpetual strife between the moderate Jews who wished to ...
... language in Judaea was no longer Hebrew but ( successively ) Aramaic , Per- sian , and Greek . The Hellenistic culture made deep inroads into that of the Jewish people . There was perpetual strife between the moderate Jews who wished to ...
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... languages , dress , food , and cus- toms of the people amongst whom they lived and appeared to merge with them . Yet ... language , unconsciously stand for or replace personal objects , such as parental figures , from which people must ...
... languages , dress , food , and cus- toms of the people amongst whom they lived and appeared to merge with them . Yet ... language , unconsciously stand for or replace personal objects , such as parental figures , from which people must ...
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... language . People spoke the language of their own tribe , people , or nation . Ancient historians translated " foreign " names into their own languages , corrupting them in the process . In this book I have frequently given the person's ...
... language . People spoke the language of their own tribe , people , or nation . Ancient historians translated " foreign " names into their own languages , corrupting them in the process . In this book I have frequently given the person's ...
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... languages , which in turn defined tribes and nations ( cf. Gen. 11 : 1-9 ) . Each ethnic group has its own cultural history . Language is a fundamental element of ethnicity . Linguists believe that the 1 / HEBREW ORIGINS 33.
... languages , which in turn defined tribes and nations ( cf. Gen. 11 : 1-9 ) . Each ethnic group has its own cultural history . Language is a fundamental element of ethnicity . Linguists believe that the 1 / HEBREW ORIGINS 33.
Contents
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Tribal Confederacy | 91 |
Franks and Saracens | 384 |
Servi Camerae Nostrae | 398 |
Mysticism and Union with the Mother | 412 |
Crusaders and Kabbalists | 429 |
Transgressions and Fantasies | 444 |
Adapting to Annihilation | 453 |
Strategies of Psychological Survival | 466 |
Disputations and Inquisitions | 485 |
Judges Prophets and Kings | 103 |
The ShortLived Union | 115 |
YahwehEl versus Baal | 128 |
The Personal Roots of Religious Revolution | 141 |
Tragic Queens | 154 |
National Suicide | 166 |
Psychotic Prophets? | 179 |
Family versus Nation | 191 |
Egyptians Greeks and Other Jews | 205 |
The Myth of Maccabean Independence | 226 |
Civil War in Judaea | 240 |
Jews Greeks and Other Romans | 252 |
The Tragedy of Herod the Great | 263 |
Prelude to Christianity | 276 |
Christianity as Rebirth Fantasy | 289 |
Zealous Jewish SelfDestruction | 299 |
Messianism and the Inability to Mourn | 311 |
Jewish Mysticism and Martyrdom | 325 |
Living in the Past | 341 |
Franks and Jews | 357 |
Arabs Muslims and Jews | 371 |
Inquisitors and Messiahs | 507 |
Jewish Renaissance | 519 |
Jews Witches and the Devil | 532 |
Slavs Balts and Other Jews | 543 |
Mystical Messiahs and Fanatical Followers | 560 |
Pietists and Saints | 574 |
Napoléon and the Jews | 589 |
Revolution and Liberalization | 599 |
The Battle for the Jewish Self | 615 |
German Light Russian Darkness | 632 |
The Golden Land | 654 |
The Land of Zion | 667 |
Zionists Arabs and AntiSemites | 682 |
TwentiethCentury Hebrews | 688 |
Holocaust | 703 |
Israeli Paradoxes | 722 |
Bibliography | 729 |
Index of Names | 794 |
Index of Subjects | 823 |
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Abijam Agrippa Albright Alexander ancient Antiochos Arabs Aramaea Aristobulos army Asherah Assyrian Baal Babylonian became believed Ben-Sasson biblical brother Byzantine caliph called Canaan Canaanite century B.C.E. Christian Chron chroniclers Church Crusader culture daughter David death defeated died early Egypt Egyptian Emperor Europe European exile Falk fantasy father feelings forced fought France French German goddess Greek Hasmonean Hebrew Herod High Priest historians Holy Roman Hyrkanos Israel Israeli Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jewish community Jewish history Jewish mysticism Jews Joseph Josephus Judaea Judah Judaism Kabbalah killed king kingdom land Land of Israel language later leader Maachah massacred medieval Messiah Moses mother mourn murdered Muslim myth narcissistic nation Orthodox Ottoman Palestine Parthian persecution Persian Poland Polish political Pope prince prophet psychological Ptolemaios Rabbi rage reign Reik religion religious revolt ritual Roman Empire Rome rule rulers Russia Russian scholars Seleucid Shah Spain Syria Temple throne tribes unconscious Yahweh Zionist
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Page 63 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day 15 breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 71 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 87 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Page 87 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 695 - His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
Page 67 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 338 - Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
Page 194 - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low : and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 104 - Zeboim toward the wilderness. (Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:" but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
Page 291 - Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: (for there is no difference: for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;) being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood...