Book of the songs of Israel: three introductions to Psalms on poetry, translation, and music by Joel Bril (Berlin 1791) : a bilingual edition

"This annotated bilingual edition presents to readers for the first time a key Hebrew book of Jewish Enlightenment. Printed in Berlin in 1791, Joel Bril's Hebrew introductions to Psalms constitute the earliest interpretation of Moses Mendelssohn's language philosophy, translation theo...

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Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2024]
Ausgabe:Bilingual edition
Schriftenreihe:Studies in Jewish history and culture volume 77
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Zusammenfassung:"This annotated bilingual edition presents to readers for the first time a key Hebrew book of Jewish Enlightenment. Printed in Berlin in 1791, Joel Bril's Hebrew introductions to Psalms constitute the earliest interpretation of Moses Mendelssohn's language philosophy, translation theory, and aesthetics. In these introductions, Mendelssohn emerges as a critic of Maimonides who located eternal felicity not in union with the Active Intellect but in the aesthetic experience of the divine through sacred poetry. Bril's theoretical insights, the broad range of his myriad textual sources, and his linguistic innovations make the Book of the Songs of Israel a touchstone of modern Hebrew literary theory and Jewish thought"--
Beschreibung:XVII, 348 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte 25 cm
ISBN:9789004398948

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