12 Facts About Samuel Lublinski

Samuel Lublinski was a Berlin-based writer, literary historian, critic, and philosopher of religion.

Samuel Lublinski was a pioneer of the socio-historical study of literary movements and a major contributor to the debates about German-Jewish national and cultural identity of the era.

Samuel Lublinski came from a secular German Jewish family, and was the son of a businessman.

Samuel Lublinski studied at several schools in Konigsberg, but was repeatedly forced to leave because of his argumentative character.

Samuel Lublinski followed this with Die Bilanz der Moderne and Der Ausgang der Moderne, which articulated his personal views of naturalism and neo-romanticism.

Samuel Lublinski subsequently tried his hand as a playwright, but was not successful.

Samuel Lublinski was a proponent of the Christ myth theory, the denial of the historical existence of Jesus.

Samuel Lublinski was initially a staunch supporter of Zionism and was a regular contributor to Theodor Herzl's periodical Die Welt using the pseudonym Solomon Liebhardt.

Samuel Lublinski remained a supporter of Zionism, but believed that he could never go to live in Palestine himself.

Samuel Lublinski became embroiled in several literary and intellectual feuds, particularly about claims of writers to priority in various fields.

The biggest feud was with Theodor Lessing, progenitor of the concept of "self-hating" Jews, who published an extremely sharp satire on Samuel Lublinski, starting with derisory comments about his "little beautiful" appearance.

Samuel Lublinski was working on a new play about Rienzi and various other projects when he died suddenly on 26 December 1910 while staying with his sister in Weimar.