The Historical Relation between the Zionist Movement and Modern Hebrew Literary Writings: An Analytical Critical Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35516/jjha.v19i2.2655Keywords:
Jewish History, Literary Zionism, Modern Hebrew Literature, National Zionist ThoughtAbstract
Literary works can be insightful historical sources for investigating the emergence of the Zionist movement because they play a principal role in conveying the historical narrative during the time of historical events. This study highlights the harmonious relationship between the Zionist movement and modern Hebrew literature, which historians and writers consider as a historical source for its establishment. The analysis shows that the Zionist movement succeeded in implementing its ideological plans in Palestine through strong support from Jewish writers and poets who promoted its formation by writing stories, novels, and poetry in the process of convincing the Jews in the diaspora to immigrate to Palestine. The study also reveals that literary Zionism used both Hebrew literary and historical writings to achieve its ideological goals. It used literature as a real means of persuasion for the Jewish people in different parts of the world to promote its political ideas of achieving the Zionist dream of establishing a national homeland for the Jews in Palestine. The importance of this study lies in its reliance on modern Hebrew literary writings and sources in drawing this historical harmonious relationship between national Zionist thought and literary Zionism. The study concludes that Hebrew literary works and writings have played an important role in revealing the Zionist ideology in its various directions.
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