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PaRDeS Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V. PaRDeS, die Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V., erforscht die fruchtbare kulturelle Vielfalt des Judentums sowie ihre Berührungspunkte zur nichtjüdischen Umwelt in unterschiedlichen Bereichen. Daneben dient die Zeit- schrift als Forum zur Positionierung der Fächer Jüdische Studien und Judaistik innerhalb des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses sowie zur Diskussion ihrer histori- schen und gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung. CULTURES OF WISSENSCHAFT DES JUDENTUMS PaRDeS, the journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies, aims at AT 200 exploring the fruitful and multifarious cultures of Judaism as well as their relations to their environment within diverse areas of research. In addi- tion, the journal promotes Jewish Studies within academic discourse and reflects on its historic and social responsibilities. ISSN 1614-6492 (2018) Heft 24 ISBN 978-3-86956-440-1 PaRDeS 24 | Cultures of Wissenschaft des Judentums at 200 Universitätsverlag Potsdam PaRDeS Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V. / Journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies Cultures of Wissenschaft des Judentums at 200 (2018) Heft 24 Universitätsverlag Potsdam PaRDeS Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V. / Journal of the German Association for Jewish Studies Herausgegeben von Markus Krah, Mirjam Thulin und Bianca Pick (Rezensionen) für die Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Jüdische Studien und Religionswissenschaft der Universität Potsdam Cultures of Wissenschaft des Judentums at 200 (2018) Heft 24 Universitätsverlag Potsdam ISSN (print) 1614-6492 ISSN (online) 1862-7684 ISBN 978-3-86956-440-1 The publication of this issue of PaRDeS was supported by the School of Jewish Theology at University of Potsdam, Germany. Bibliografische Information der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibli- ografie; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über http://dnb.de abrufbar. Universitätsverlag Potsdam 2018 Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam | http://verlag.ub.uni-potsdam.de/ Tel.: +49 (0)331 977 2533 | Fax: -2292 | [email protected] Redaktion: Markus Krah, Ph.D. ([email protected]) Dr. Mirjam Thulin ([email protected]) Bianca Pick, M.A. ([email protected]) Redaktionsadresse: Universität Potsdam, School of Jewish Theology Am Neuen Palais 10, 14469 Potsdam Dieses Manuskript ist urheberrechtlich geschützt. Es darf ohne vorherige Genehmigung der Au- toren und des Herausgebers nicht vervielfältigt werden. Redaktionsschluss: 25 (2019): 1. Juni 2018 Die Artikel in PaRDeS durchlaufen ein „double-blind peer review“-Verfahren. Die Redaktion be- hält sich das Recht vor, Beiträge abzulehnen, in geteilter Form zu drucken oder nach Rücksprache zu kürzen. Die veröffentlichten Texte spiegeln Meinungen und Kenntnisstand der Autoren und nicht die Meinung der Herausgeber wieder. Alle in PaRDeS veröffentlichten Artikel sind in „Rambi. Index of Articles on Jewish Studies“ nachgewiesen. Umschlagabbildung: Nummernschild (US-Bundesstaat Virginia) des „Zunz Mobile“ von Rabbiner Steven M. Glazer (© Steven M. Glazer). Umschlagdesign: Tabea Mau (Universitätsverlag Potsdam) Druck: docupoint GmbH Magdeburg Layout und Satz: Frank Schlöffel ISSN (print) 1614-6492 ISSN (online) 1862-7684 ISBN 978-3-86956-440-1 Zugleich online veröffentlicht auf dem Publikationsserver der Universität Potsdam URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-414943 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-414943 Contents Introduction Mirjam Thulin / Markus Krah Disciplining Jewish Knowledge: Cultures of Wissenschaft des Judentums at 200 .......................................................9 Interview Michael A. Meyer / Ismar Schorsch “Zunz and Steinschneider Would Be Astonished – and Reassured:” Two Senior Scholars of Wissenschaft Reflect on Its 200th Anniversary ............19 Articles Eliezer Brodt Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) and His Relationship with the Early Founders of Wissenschaft des Judentums .....................................27 Eliezer Sariel A Historian from the World of Torah: The Historiographical Approach of Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac Halevy Rabinowitz (1847–1914) ......................................47 Asaf Yedidya Enlisted History: Zeev Jawitz (1847–1924) and the Making of a National Orthodox Wissenschaft des Judentums ....................................................79 Esther Solomon Rabbi Dessler’s View of Secular Studies and Wissenschaft des Judentums ..... 103 Samuel J. Kessler Rediscovering the Study of Spanish Kabbalism in Wissenschaft des Judentums: Adolf Jellinek in Leipzig, 1842–1856................. 125 Mirjam Thulin Generations of Wissenschaft des Judentums: The Correspondence Between David Kaufmann and Leopold Zunz ............. 145 Dimitri Bratkin Manuscripts, Images, and Biographies of Daniel Chwolson: New Details from the Archives of St. Petersburg ...............................................171 Benjamin E. Sax Wissenschaft and Jewish Thought: Ismar Elbogen’s Early Influence on Franz Rosenzweig .................................................................................................191 Rose Stair Gershom Scholem’s Critical Appropriation of Wissenschaft des Judentums and the Necessary Fiction of Historical Objectivity...........................................217 Book Reviews Ismar Schorsch: Leopold Zunz. 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Narrative Bildserien von Häftlingen aus NS-Zwangslagern Jonas( Engelmann) ...................................... 263 Nathanael Riemer (Hg.): Einführungen in die Materiellen Kulturen des Judentums (Cornelia Aust) ....................................................................................... 266 Conference Report Nancy Walter Fünfte Nachwuchstagung Judaistik/Jüdische Studien. Fifth Conference for Young Researchers in Jewish Studies. Methods and Disciplines between Germany and Israel, Universität Potsdam, 3.−5. Juli 2017 ......................................................................271 Contributors................................................................................................................ 275 Disciplining Jewish Knowledge: Cultures of Wissenschaft des Judentums at 200 by Mirjam Thulin / Markus Krah In 2018, we celebrate the bicentennial of Wissenschaft des Judentums, the early Jewish Studies that began in the nineteenth century and introduced critical historical research into Jewish sources, using all academic meth- ods available, including non-Jewish sources or the comparison with them. Today, the academic study of Judaism exists in various national and cultural contexts. Its three centers – Israel, the United States, and Germany – have different labels and forms for it such as “Jewish Studies,” “Jewish Science” 1 (Madat ha-Yahadut), “Judaic Studies,” or “Jewish Theology.” Their differ- ences notwithstanding, they all refer to the year 1818 as the founding date of their disciplines. In that year, Leopold Zunz (1794–1886) published his essay Etwas über die rabbinische Literatur (“Something on Rabbinic Literature”), which unfolded the thematic field of modern Jewish Studies for the first time.2 As Michael A. Meyer and Ismar Schorsch emphasize in the double interview opening this issue, Zunz’s essay initiated a “Copernican revolu- tion” by marking the turn to history in Jewish scholarship. The new histori- cal consciousness among the Jews dethroned divine revelation as the source of authoritative and meaning-making knowledge, as it gave preference to 1 The most recent accounts on the contents and theories of Jewish Studies are: Andrew Bush: Jewish Studies. A Theoretical Introduction, New Brunswick 2011; Christina von Braun, Mic ha Brumlik (eds.): Handbuch Jüdische Studien, Köln 2018. For a classical introduction, see: Günter Stemberger: Einführung in die Judaistik, München 2002. 2 Leopold Zunz: Etwas über die rabbinische Literatur. Nebst Nachrichten über ein altes bis jetzt ungedrucktes hebräisches Werk (1818), in: idem, Gesammelte Schriften. Herausgegeben vom Curatorium der „Zunzstiftung“. 3 Bände in einem Band, vol. 1, Berlin 1818 (reprint Hildesheim 1976), pp. 1–31. 10 Mirjam Thulin / Markus Krah human agency in history. 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    Knowledge transfer in action: a study in the selection and interpretation of themes from history of science scholarship for museum exhibition. Louise Elizabeth Thorn Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHOSTM) Imperial College London A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Diploma of Imperial College London Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as a Collaborative Doctoral Award in conjunction with the Science Museum, London May 2010 I hereby declare that except as specified in appropriate notes this dissertation is the result of my own independent research. Louise E. Thorn Total word count: 94,120 words Please note that I have recently married and will publish research resulting from this study under the name of Louise E. Devoy 2 Abstract Knowledge transfer in action: a study in the selection and interpretation of themes from history of science scholarship for museum exhibition. Over the past decade, curators and academic historians of science have called for greater inclusion of current scholarship within new exhibitions presented in science museums. Traditionally, such museums in the UK and abroad have presented a technical history of science based on their core collections of industrial machines, scientific instruments and laboratory apparatus. In contrast, historical scholarship over the past thirty years has diverged towards a more social narrative that considers ideas, personae and communities within a general historical context rather than technological and functional detail. In the past five years research councils in the UK have sought to increase the transfer of historical scholarship from academia into popular culture via the museum interface.