How Long to Read The Invention of a Tradition

How Long Does it Take to Read The Invention of a Tradition?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 11 minutes to read The Invention of a Tradition by Immanuel Etkes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Gaon of Vilna was the foremost intellectual leader of non-Hasidic Jewry in eighteenth-century Europe; his legacy is claimed by religious Jews, both Zionist and not. In the mid-twentieth century, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Rivlin wrote several books advancing the myth that the Gaon was an early progenitor of Zionism. Following the 1967 War in Israel, messianic sentiments spread in some circles of the national-religious public in Israel, who embraced this myth and made it a central component of the historical narrative they advanced. For those who identified with the religious Zionist enterprise, the myth of the Gaon and his disciples as the first Zionists was seen as proof of the righteousness of their path. In this book, Israeli scholar Immanuel Etkes explores how what he calls the "Rivlinian myth" took hold, and demonstrates that it has no basis in historical reality. Etkes argues that proponents of the Rivlinian myth seek to blur the distinction between Zionism as a modern national movement or a religious one—a distinction that underlies many of the central conflicts of contemporary Israeli politics. As historian David Biale suggests in his brief foreword to this English translation, "what is at stake here is not only historical truth but also the very identity of Zionism as a nationalist movement."

How long is The Invention of a Tradition?

The Invention of a Tradition by Immanuel Etkes is 305 pages long, and a total of 77,775 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Invention of a Tradition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 5 minutes to read The Invention of a Tradition aloud.

What Reading Level is The Invention of a Tradition?

The Invention of a Tradition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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