Book Summary
Nahum Slouschz (1872-1966) was a Russian Hebrew litterateur, writer and translator. When he was nineteen years old, he was sent to Palestine by the Chovevei Zion Society of Odessa, to found, if possible, a colony in the Holy Land. He was not successful and returned home. In 1896 he travelled through Austria and Lithuania, and then went to Egypt and again to Palestine. He also contributed to Hebrew and Russian journals. In 1898 he studied belles-lettres and philosophy at the University of Geneva, again showing his interest in Zionism by founding together with others the Swiss Federation of Zionists. In 1900 he went to Paris, where he studied Oriental languages. He earned a livelihood as correspondent of several papers, among which were Ha-Meliz and Ha-Zefirah. His 1902 doctoral thesis, La Renaissance de la Litterature Hebraique, was published first in French and then revised and extended for publication in Hebrew under the title Korot ha-Sufrut ha-Ibrit ha-Hadasha in the Tushiyah. In 1909, an English version of the thesis, incorporating the new material and relating back to the old, was published under the title The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885).
Book Details
| Book Name | The Renascence Of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) (Dodo Press) |
| Author | Nahum Slouschz, Henrietta Szold |
| Publisher | Dodo Press (Sep 2009) |
| ISBN | 9781409978145 |
| Pages | 162 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 597 |
