Jewish Historiography: An Overview

Abstract

The article is bringing forth a synthetic overview of Jewish historiography throughout the history, starting already with a brief focus on the Biblical background and Jewish Hellenistic historiography. It presents the reflections of historians of Jewish historiography on the main milestones in the story of writing the Jewish history and the processes they were part of, as well as the ideas and frameworks shaping the writing of such historiography in each of the historical periods, including the main issues and shape of the overall Jewish historiography today. It also includes a short overview of modern historiography on Jews in medieval Inner Austrian lands and in Slovenia.

Keywords

• jewish historiography
• jewish studies
• inner austria
• slovenia