Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings (eBook)

Smelik Klaas A.D. Smelik (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
508 Seiten
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-90-485-5017-3 (ISBN)

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Klaas A. D. Smelik (* Hilversum 1950) studied Theology, Semitic Languages and Ancient History in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden. He taught Old Testament and Hebrew in Utrecht, Amsterdam and Brussels, Ancient and Jewish History at the K.U. Leuven, and Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Ghent University. He is director of the Etty Hillesum Research Centre (EHOC) at Middelburg. He has (as writer or editor) published around 50 books and 300 contributions on the Hebrew Bible, ancient Hebrew inscriptions, Biblical Hebrew, Ancient History, Jewish Studies, anti-Semitism, and Etty Hillesum. Two recent publications: The Ethics and Religious Philosophy of Etty Hillesum [Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 28] (Leiden & Boston, MA: Brill, 2017). ISBN 978-90-04-34133-3 and Reading Etty Hillesum in Context: Writings, Life, and Influences of a Visionary Author (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2018), ISBN: 9789462983441

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*The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum's Writings* contains the proceedings of the third international Etty Hillesum Conference, held in Middelburg in September 2018. It brings together the work of 33 experts from all over the world to shed new light on life, works, inspiration and vision of the Dutch Jewish writer Etty Hillesum (1914-1943), one of the victims of the Nazi regime. Hillesum's diaries and letters illustrate her heroic struggle to come to terms with her personal life in the context of the Holocaust. This volume revives Hillesum research with a comprehensive rereading of her texts but also by introducing new sources about her life. With the current rise of interest in peace studies, Judaism, the Holocaust, inter-religious dialogue, gender studies and mysticism, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars in a range of disciplines.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• ISBN-10: 90-485-5017-3 / 9048550173
• ISBN-13: 978-90-485-5017-3 / 9789048550173