Translating the Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism and the Emancipation of Jews in Revolutionary France

Authors

Ronald Schechter, William & MaryFollow

Document Type

Article

Department/Program

History

Journal Title

Past & Present

Pub Date

5-1994

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Volume

143

Issue

1

First Page

108

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..."

Recommended Citation

Schechter, Ronald, Translating the Marseillaise: Biblical Republicanism and the Emancipation of Jews in Revolutionary France (1994). Past & Present, 143(1), 108-135.
https://doi.org/10.1093/past/143.1.108

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/past/143.1.108

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