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Babel in Zion - Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 (Hardcover)
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Babel in Zion - Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948 (Hardcover)
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The promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew, traditionally a
language of Jewish liturgy and study, was a central accomplishment
of the Zionist movement in Palestine. Viewing twentieth-century
history through the lens of language, author Liora Halperin
questions the accepted scholarly narrative of a Zionist move away
from multilingualism during the years following World War I,
demonstrating how Jews in Palestine remained connected
linguistically by both preference and necessity to a world outside
the boundaries of the pro-Hebrew community even as it promoted
Hebrew and achieved that language's dominance. The story of
language encounters in Jewish Palestine is a fascinating tale of
shifting power relationships, both locally and globally. Halperin's
absorbing study explores how a young national community was
compelled to modify the dictates of Hebrew exclusivity as it
negotiated its relationships with its Jewish population,
Palestinian Arabs, the British, and others outside the margins of
the national project and ultimately came to terms with the
limitations of its hegemony in an interconnected world.
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