Book of the Songs of Israel: Three Introductions to Psalms on Poetry, Translation, and Music by Joel Bril (Berlin 1791). a Bilingual Edition, Translated with Commentary and an Introduction - Couverture rigide

Sela Teichler, Yael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004398945 ISBN 13 : 9789004398948

Editeur : Brill, 2024

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Yael Sela (D.Phil. Oxford 2010), Humboldt Research Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt, has authored studies in modern German Jewish history, including The People of the Song: Biblical Poetry, Translation, and the Reception of Moses Mendelssohn in the Berlin Haskalah (Brill, forthcoming).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004398945
• ISBN 13: 9789004398948
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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