Del 80 i serien Studies in Jewish History and Culture
People of the Song
Biblical Poetry, Translation, and the Reception of Moses Mendelssohn in the Berlin Haskalah
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
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When, in 1783, Moses Mendelssohn’s German Psalms translation was published in Berlin, forward-thinking ideologues of Jewish cultural revival rendered its translator a redeemer of the songs of King David from exilic desolation. The People of the Song is the first study to examine Mendelssohn’s conception of biblical Hebrew poetry as a particular manifestation of Judaism’s universalism. The author traces how it helped forge a new foundational narrative that imagined Israel’s covenant with God in sacred song, not in revealed law, portrayed King David as a bard, not a military leader, and envisioned national redemption of modern Jews as an aesthetic, not a political, revival.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-02-20
- Mått155 x 235 x 17 mm
- Vikt445 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieStudies in Jewish History and Culture
- Antal sidor174
- FörlagBrill
- ISBN9789004536494