The Intimate Freud: The Jewish Museum's new show on the founder of psychoanalysis evokes a more intimate and Jewish Freud than most people expect.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: April 23, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Intimate Freud: The Jewish Museum's new show on the founder of psychoanalysis evokes a more intimate and Jewish Freud than most people expect.

DANIEL SCHIFRIN

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH WEEK

In 1891, at the age of 35, Sigmund Freud received a Bible from his father with a lengthy, poetic Hebrew inscription, noting the father's love for the son and brimming with biblical allusions. This gift is a deeply contested piece of evidence concerning the nature of Freud's Jewish identity, churning up as many questions as answers. Did Freud understand Hebrew? Would the Bible have had any meaning for him ...

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