A Psychoanalytic History of the JewsFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1996 - 850 pages A 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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... religion as a pro- jective response to the inner conflicts produced by the human family ; the sociopsychological development of the Israelite kingdoms in Canaan ; the fasci- nating duality of Jewish life in the " Dias- pora " ; and the ...
... religion as a pro- jective response to the inner conflicts produced by the human family ; the sociopsychological development of the Israelite kingdoms in Canaan ; the fasci- nating duality of Jewish life in the " Dias- pora " ; and the ...
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... religions of western civilization . This view implies that the Jews ' belief in their own chosenness was a psycho ... religion ? Were the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians really evil , or had the Jews been arrogant and provocative ...
... religions of western civilization . This view implies that the Jews ' belief in their own chosenness was a psycho ... religion ? Were the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians really evil , or had the Jews been arrogant and provocative ...
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... religion was at first probably totemistic and animistic , later polytheistic . After the Hebrew tribes who left Egypt joined in a tribal confederacy , becoming monothe- istic and settling in Canaan in the late thirteenth or early ...
... religion was at first probably totemistic and animistic , later polytheistic . After the Hebrew tribes who left Egypt joined in a tribal confederacy , becoming monothe- istic and settling in Canaan in the late thirteenth or early ...
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... religion ( Meek 1960 ) . Saul's reign lasted some twenty years , but the brave king suffered from manic - depressive illness . The young David became his music therapist , but his professional hazards were great , for the king attempted ...
... religion ( Meek 1960 ) . Saul's reign lasted some twenty years , but the brave king suffered from manic - depressive illness . The young David became his music therapist , but his professional hazards were great , for the king attempted ...
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... religious and political revolution in Judah ; he removed the great mother goddess Asherah from the Holy of Holies in the Temple , removed his own mother from the regency , and killed all Jews who refused to em- brace his Yahweh religion ...
... religious and political revolution in Judah ; he removed the great mother goddess Asherah from the Holy of Holies in the Temple , removed his own mother from the regency , and killed all Jews who refused to em- brace his Yahweh religion ...
Contents
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From Child Sacrifice to Circumcision | 52 |
Canaan Greece and Egypt | 65 |
Moses and Monotheism | 78 |
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 |
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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