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Book of the Songs of Israel : three introductions to Psalms on poetry, translation, and music by Joel Bril (Berlin 1791) / edited and translated by Yael Sela.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1420 .S396 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; volume 77
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Form.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms--Language, style.
- Hebrew language--Philosophy.
- Hebrew language.
- Loewe, Joel, 1762-1802.
- Loewe, Joel.
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
- Mendelssohn, Moses.
- Physical Description:
- 348 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- Bilingual edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2024.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [332]-341) and index.
- Contains:
- Bible. Psalms. Hebrew. 1791.
- Bible. Psalms. English. 1791
- Other Format:
- Online version: Book of the songs of israel
- ISBN:
- 9789004398948
- 9004398945
- OCLC:
- 1465269432
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