This study concerns David Kaufmann´s »News Service« as an example of Jewish scholarly networks during the 19th century. David Kaufmann (18521899) was a Professor at the Rabbi Seminar in Budapest during the last third of the 19th century and was one of the major influences in the Jewish science movement, known since the 1820s as the Science of Judaism. Using as an example Kaufmann´s »News Service,« a correspondence network of Jewish authors and scholars, Mirjam Thulin studes the networking strategies of the Jewish scholarly community during that era. The study also provides detailed insights into the many cultural and scientific aspects contained in the history of Jewish knowledge transfer and the Science of Judaism during the 19th century.

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Dr. Mirjam Thulin ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Leibniz Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) in Mainz.

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This study concerns David Kaufmann s 'News Service' as an example of Jewish scholarly networks during the 19th century. David Kaufmann (1852-1899) was a Professor at the Rabbi Seminar in Budapest during the last third of the 19th century and was one of the major influences in the Jewish science movement, known since the 1820s as the Science of Judaism. Using as an example Kaufmann s 'News Service,' a correspondence network of Jewish authors and scholars, Mirjam Thulin studes the networking strategies of the Jewish scholarly community during that era. The study also provides detailed insights into the many cultural and scientific aspects contained in the history of Jewish knowledge transfer and the Science of Judaism during the 19th century.

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Einleitung 1. Das Leben und Werk David Kaufmanns (1852-1899) 1.1. David Kaufmann (1852-1899) 1.2. Wissenschaft und Judentum: Das OEuvre David Kaufmanns 1.3. Kaufmanns Korrespondenznetz. Eine Gesamtanalyse 2. Seminarbewegung und Wissenschaftsorganisation 2.1. Die Gründung des Rabbinerseminars in Budapest 2.2. Tradition und Edition. Der Verein Mekize Nirdamim 3. Wissenschaftsbeziehungen und Kontroversen 3.1. Wissenschaftsbeziehungen der Wissenschaft des Judentums zur protestantischen Theologie und deutschen Orientalistik 3.2. Wissenschaft und Antisemitismus 3.3. Wissenschaft des Judentums im Konflikt: Die Kontroverse zwischen David Kaufmann und Paul de Lagarde (1885-1887) 3.4. Die Folgen der Kontroverse zwischen Kaufmann und Lagarde 4. Wissenschaftsgenerationen. Der Briefwechsel zwischen David Kaufmann und Leopold Zunz (1872-1886) 4.1 Die Überlieferung und Topografie des Briefwechsels zwischen Kaufmann und Zunz 4.2. Die Briefthemen 4.3. Nach dem Briefwechsel Epilog Anhang Quellen und Literatur Register