Ivanhoe and Proto-Zionism https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/08/ivanhoe-and-proto-zionism/

August 12, 2014 | Michael Weingrad
About the author: Michael Weingrad is professor of Jewish studies at Portland State University and a frequent contributor to Mosaic and the Jewish Review of Books. 

Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel doesn’t just show Jews as an oppressed minority; it expresses a chivalric vision of Jewish statehood. 

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