Abstract
Immanuel Löw (1854–1944), the Chief Rabbi of Szeged, Hungary, was one of the most significant Neolog (progressive) rabbis and scholars of his day, with scholarly interests spanning various fields. He wrote his folkloristic study The Kiss, a piece on kissing in Jewish and non-Jewish literature, in 1882, in Hungarian in its first version, for the wedding of a friend. He extended this essay and translated it into German in 1920, during the thirteen months he was held in detention and house arrest on false accusations. A hitherto unknown postcard written by Ignaz Goldziher to Löw in the summer of 1882, concerning the first version of The Kiss, will be discussed in this paper.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Building Bridges: Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents |
| Subtitle of host publication | Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century |
| Editors | Hans-Jürgen Becker, Kinga Dévényi, Sebastian Günther, Sabine Schmidtke |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 165-181 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-90-04-69059-2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-90-04-69059-2, 978-90-04-69058-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Feb 2024 |
| MoE publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |
| Event | Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents: Islamic and Jewish Studies around the Turn of the Twentieth Century - online, Göttingen, Germany Duration: 12 Nov 2021 → 13 Nov 2021 https://www.ias.edu/hs/islamic-world/goldziher |
Publication series
| Name | Islamic History and Civilization |
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| Volume | 212 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0929-2403 |
Conference
| Conference | Ignaz Goldziher and His Correspondents |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Göttingen |
| Period | 12/11/21 → 13/11/21 |
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Keywords
- Ignaz Goldziher
- Immanuel Löw
- Szeged
- Jewish studies
- kiss