Challenging colonial discourse: Jewish studies and Protestant theology in Wilhelmine Germany

Intro -- Foreword by Susannah Heschel -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE THE CONTEXT OF THE ENCOUNTERS AND CONTROVERSIES -- Chapter One: The Political and Social Situation of the Jewish Community in Wilhelmine Germany, 1890-1914 -- 1. The Collapse of the Jewish Coalition with Liberalism and the Spread of "Modern Anti-Semitism -- 2. The Remaining Limitations of the Emancipation of the Jews and Judaism -- 3. The "Assimilation Crisis" and Tendencies toward Recollecting Jewish Identity -- 3.1. "Assimilation," "Acculturation," and "German-Jewish Subculture -- 3.2. "Defense Work" between "Trotzjudentum" and "Jewish Renaissance -- 3.3. "Self-Emancipation" - the Impulse of the Zionist Movement -- Chapter Two: The Self-Conception and Research Conditions of Jewish Studies -- 1. The Beginnings and Development of Jewish Studies in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. Profile and Scholarly Self-Understanding of the Educational Institutions of Jewish Studies -- 2.1. "Positive-Historical" Judaism - the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau -- 2.2. Liberal Judaism - The "Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums" in Berlin -- 2.3. "Torah and Scholarship" - The Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin -- 3. The Conditions of Jewish Studies' Encounter with Protestant Theology -- 3.1. Jewish Research between Discrimination and Claim to Relevance -- 3.2. Jewish Studies and "Defense Work" against Anti-Semitism -- PART TWO THE PERCEPTION OF PROTESTANT THEOLOGY -- Chapter Three: Jewish Studies and the Protestant "Mission to the Jews", 1880-1914 -- 1. The Jewish Perception of Protestant "Allies" in the Debate with Anti-Semitism, 1880-1890 -- 1.1. The Contemporary Context: Demonization of Judaism through Anti-Talmud Propaganda and Accusations of Ritual Murder.