Lament in Jewish thought : philosophical, theological, and literary perspectives / edited by Ilit Ferber and Paula Schwebel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferber, Ilit, Editor.

Contributor:

Ferber, Ilit, editor.

Schwebel, Paula, 1981- editor.

Series:

Perspectives on Jewish texts and contexts (Series) ; v. 2.

Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts, 2199-6962 ; Volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Lamentations, I-II--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Laments--Philosophy.

Laments.

Jewish mourning customs--Philosophy.

Jewish mourning customs.

Jewish philosophy.

Laments in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Ilit Ferber, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Paula Schwebel, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA.

Summary:

Lament, mourning, and the transmissibility of a tradition in the aftermath of destruction are prominent themes in Jewish thought. The corpus of lament literature, building upon and transforming the biblical Book of Lamentations, provides a unique lens for thinking about the relationships between destruction and renewal, mourning and remembrance, loss and redemption, expression and the inexpressible. This anthology features four texts by Gershom Scholem on lament, translated here for the first time into English. The volume also includes original essays by leading scholars, which interpret Scholem's texts and situate them in relation to other Weimar-era Jewish thinkers, including Walter Benjamin, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka, and Paul Celan, who drew on the textual traditions of lament to respond to the destruction and upheavals of the early twentieth century. Also included are studies on the textual tradition of lament in Judaism, from biblical, rabbinic, and medieval lamentations to contemporary Yemenite women's laments. This collection, unified by its strong thematic focus on lament, shows the fruitfulness of studying contemporary and modern texts alongside the traditional textual sources that informed them.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Frequently Used Abbreviations

Preface

Bibliography

Section One: Lament and Consolation

Eikhah and the Stance of Lamentation / Halbertal, Moshe

Ein Menachem: On Lament and Consolation / Schonfeld, Eli

Section Two: Lament and Gender

Bodies Performing in Ruins: The Lamenting Mother in Ancient Hebrew Texts / Hasan-Rokem, Galit

Women's Oral Laments: Corpus and Text - The Body in the Text / Madar, Vered

Section Three: The Linguistic Form of Lament

Bemerkungen zur Klage / Hamacher, Werner

"Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech": Scholem, Benjamin, and Cohen on Lament / Ferber, Ilit

Section Four: Silence and Lament

The Unfallen Silence: Kinah and the Other Origin of Language / Bielik-Robson, Agata

The Silent Syllable: On Franz Rosenzweig's Translation of Yehuda Halevi's Liturgical Poems / Shahar, Galili

Silence, Solitude, and Suicide: Gershom Scholem's Paradoxical Theory of Lamentation / Witte, Bernd

Section Five: The Poetry of Lament

The Role of Lamentation for Scholem's Theory of Poetry and Language / Weigel, Sigrid

The Ghost of the Poet: Lament in Walter Benjamin's Early Poetry, Theory, and Translation / Sauter, Caroline

Words and Corpses: Celan's "Tenebrae" between Gadamer and Scholem / Lipszyc, Adam

"Movement of Language" and Transience: Lament, Mourning, and the Tradition of Elegy in Early Scholem / Weidner, Daniel

Section Six: Mourning, Ruin and Lament

Paradoxes of Lament: Benjamin and Hamlet / Comay, Rebecca

The Tradition in Ruins: Walter Benjamin and Gershom Scholem on Language and Lament / Schwebel, Paula

Section Seven: Translations of Gershom Scholem's Texts on Lament

Translators' Introduction / Barouch, Lina / Schwebel, Paula

On Lament and Lamentation / Scholem, Gershom

Job's Lament / Scholem, Gershom

Translation of Job Chapter 3: Job's Lament / Scholem, Gershom

Ezekiel Chapter 19: A Lamentation for Israel's Last Princes / Scholem, Gershom

Translation of Ezekiel Chapter 19: A Lamentation for Israel's Last Princes / Scholem, Gershom

A Medieval Lamentation / Scholem, Gershom

Translation of Sha'ali Serufa: A Medieval Lamentation / Scholem, Gershom

Scholem's postscript in the manuscript version / Scholem, Gershom

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783110395310

3110395312

9783110339963

311033996X

OCLC:

896890926