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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Schwartz, Daniel R. (1952-....)
Titre(s) : Between Jewish Posen and Scholarly Berlin [Texte imprimé] : the Life and Letters of Philipp Jaffé / Daniel R. Schwartz
Publication : Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, cop. 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (380 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : The life of Philipp Jaffé (1819-1870), from his youth in Posen; his studies with Leopold
von Ranke and career - as a close friend of Theodor Mommsen - at the pinnacle of historical
scholarship in Berlin, first at the Monumenta Germaniae Historica and then, after
his feud with Georg Heinrich Pertz, with his unprecedented 1862 appointment, while
still a Jew, to a Berlin professorship; and on to his baptism in 1868 and suicide
in 1870, was a life of transition between East and West and between Judaism and Christianity
- and a life of devotion to scholarship, of loneliness, of success and of frustration.
Forgotten today, except by medievalists who depend on his numerous editions of Latin
texts, Jaffé was a central figure in the heydays of German scholarship. His career
illustrates the working conditions of such scholars, their friendships and feuds,
and also the limits that hemmed Jews in and the ways they could be overcome. This
volume documents Jaffé's life, accomplishments, and struggles, and also offers insight
into his soul via more than two hundred of his letters (in German) - about half to
his parents in Posen and half to colleagues around Europe, especially Pertz and Mommsen
Sujet(s) : Jaffé, Philipp (1819-1870) -- Correspondance
Mommsen, Theodor (1817-1903) -- Correspondance
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-3-11-048675-9. - ISBN 311048675X. - ISBN 978-3-11-048460-1. - ISBN 3110484609
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45206987b
Notice n° :
FRBNF45206987
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