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The people of the song : biblical poetry, translation, and the reception of Moses Mendelssohn in the Berlin haskalah / by Yael Sela.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS1420 .S397 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sela, Yael, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Jewish history and culture, 1568-5004 ; vol.80
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Psalms--Criticism, Form.
- Bible.
- Bible. Psalms--Language, style.
- Hebrew poetry, Biblical--History and criticism.
- Hebrew poetry, Biblical.
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
- Mendelssohn, Moses.
- Physical Description:
- XV, 171 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sela, Yael. People of the song
- ISBN:
- 9789004536494
- 9004536493
- OCLC:
- 1467671386
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