Glässer Norbert: "Bless our king, who you sent like Moses" : Jewish religious interpretations of loyalty to Hungarian King Francis Joseph. In: Religion, culture, society, (3). pp. 76-95. (2016)
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Abstract
The Jewish community perception of Francis Joseph was determined by the duality of Jewish attitudes towards the religious traditions ofJudaism and the modern ideals of nation. The crowned king was a pale reflection in this world of the glory of the Creator. He was also the guarantee of social order and the security of the Jews. Besides religious traditions the attitude towards Francis Joseph was also coloured by the role the ruler played in the late confessionalization process of the Jews and his symbolic gestures during the internal debates among the different trends. Neology and Orthodoxy attributed to the ruler's merit besides their own institutionalisation, also the social integration of the Jews, the granting of equal civil rights and their acceptance as an established denomination. In this way Francis Joseph came to be regarded as a defender of the Jews, a deeply religious Catholic ruler. In contrast with Habsburg Austria, where the declaration of loyalty to the state was a manifestation of loyalty to the dynasty, in Hungary identification with the concept of the assimilative Hungarian cultural nation became a manifestation of loyalty to the nation. In the cultural memory of Neolog Jews 1848 is the symbol of becoming one with the modern Hungarian nation. Although the symbolic politics of independence appeared in Jewish public discourse, it was not directed against Francis Joseph but was intended to express belonging to the Hungarian nation within a system of multiple loyalties. The rabbis and publicists shaping Jewish symbolic politics based their position on the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. The study examines the Hungarian Jewish adaptations of the Hungarian and Austrian image of Francis Joseph, the collective denominational memory and Judaism's veneration of the ruler as a hierarchy of loyalties, as reflected in leading articles, news reports, homilies, small prints and prayer books.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Religion, culture, society |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Volume: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1416-7972 |
| Page Range: | pp. 76-95 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | MTA-SZTE Research Group for the Study of Religious Culture |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/85220/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Zsidó vallás, Királytisztelet |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 91-95. és a lábjegyzetekben ; ill. ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology 06. Humanities > 06.03. Philosophy, ethics and religion |
| Date Deposited: | 2024. Jul. 31. 15:55 |
| Last Modified: | 2024. Jul. 31. 15:55 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/85268 |
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