Article
Translating the Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism and the Emancipation of Jews in Revolutionary France
Past & Present
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
History
Pub Date
5-1-1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Excerpt from the article: "On 21 October 1792 the Jews of Metz joined their Gentile compatriots in celebrating a republican victory. Emancipated by the Constituent Assembly only one year previously, the newcomers to French citizenship took the occasion of a civic festival to celebrate their recently won freedom..."
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/past/143.1.108
Disciplines
Citation Information
Ronald Schechter. "Translating the Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism and the Emancipation of Jews in Revolutionary France" Past & Present Vol. 143 Iss. 1 (1994) p. 108 - 135 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ronald-schechter/60/
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