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The Case of the Hebrew Press

From the Traditional Model of Discourse to the Modern Model

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Following the scientific revolution, the modern perception of discourse assumed that text can and should reflect, in a literal way, objective reality as observed in the real world. This perception is radically different from a traditional religious perception of discourse in general and from the Jewish perception in particular. The Jewish traditional perception was based upon intertextual (and not empirical) models of inquiry and endeavored to uncover concealed levels within texts through analytical-philological methods. It is argued that the revival of Hebrew as a secular language went hand in hand with the adoption of the modern perception of discourse. This adoption involved a change in the relationship between text, knowledge, and reality within Jewish society, which found explicit expression in the Hebrew journals established in the middle of the 19th century.

Key Words: Hebrew • discourse • journalism • Talmud • modernism • Haskalah

Written Communication, Vol. 21, No. 2, 141-170 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0741088303262845


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