Jewish Orientalism around Beytulmakdis in the Ottoman era

Year 2018, Volume: 18 Issue: 2, 77 - 97, 15.12.2018

Asma Dallah

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.381684

Abstract

If one contemplates over Muslim history and
its context in general and that of Bayt al-Maqdis in particular, one would
notice persisting undermining of its importance to Muslims since its conquest
till this very day.  Western Orientalists
and Jewish Orientalists in particular have had a great deal of effort in trying
to undermine Islam and its relationship with Bayt al-Maqdis. The history of
Jewish Orientalism around Islamicjerusalem, which began and spread during the
Ottoman period, represents the laying down of the cornerstones and first
building blocks in the establishment of the Zionist entity in the Holy
Land.  With its pioneering scholars, the
basic principal, characteristics, and building blocks were laid down during
this period. Their ability to transmit nationalist sentiment and engage even
those who were opposed to the establishment of a Jewish State, and its success
in the embodiment of this dream and its realisation.   This indicates the seriousness and danger of
this venture and its audacious targeting of values, principles and customs,
which necessitates the urgent need to study and analyse it.  This paper thus attempts to deal with the
question of Jewish Orientalism in Bayt al-Maqdis during the Ottoman period.  This in turn raises a number of sub-questions
that the paper tries to deal with: What is Jewish Orientalism? Who are the most
important figures of Jewish Orientalism during the Ottoman period? What are the
main characteristics of Jewish Orientalism on Islamicjerusalem during this
period?

Keywords

Orientalism, Jews, Ottoman Caliphate, Bayt al-Maqdis, Zionism

الاستشراق اليهودي حول بيت المقدس في العهد العثماني

Abstract

إن
المتأمل في السياق التاريخي للأمة عامة، ولبيت المقدس خاصة يلاحظ توالي الهجمات
عليه منذ فتحِه لليوم، وقد كان للمستشرقين الغربيين والمستشرقين اليهود على وجه
الخصوص باع كبير في المحاولات للنيل من الإسلام وعلاقته ببيت المقدس. فقد سجل
التاريخ في الكلام عن الاستشراق اليهودي حول بيت المقدس، الذي انطلق واستشرى في
العهد العثماني، الكثير من الأعلام، والعديد من الخصائص، والكثير من الركائز، التي
باتت تعتبر اليوم اللبنات الأولى في إقامة الكيان الصهيوني على أراضي بيت المقدس،
بتمكنه من بث روح القومية، واستقطاب واستمالة حتى من كانوا معارضين منهم لإقامة
دولة لليهود، ونجاحه في تجسيد هذا الحلم وتحقيقه، مما يدل على خطورته وخباثته وشدة
تجرئه على القيم، والمبادئ، والأعراف، وهو ما يستدعي الضرورة الملحة لدراسته،
وتحليله، وعليه ستركز هذه الدراسة على الإجابة على الإشكال التالي: كيف كان الاستشراق
اليهودي في بيت المقدس في العهد العثماني؟ والذي انبثقت عنه عدة أسئلة فرعية هي:
ما هو الاستشراق اليهودي؟ من هم أهم أعلام الاستشراق اليهودي حول بيت المقدس في
العهد العثماني؟ وما هي أهم خصائص الاستشراق اليهودي حول بيت المقدس في العهد
العثماني؟ 

Keywords

الاستشراق, اليهود, الخلافة العثمانية, بيت المقدس, الصهيونية

Osmanlı Döneminde Beytülmakdis’e Yönelik Yahudi Oryantalizmi

Abstract

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