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The People of the Song Biblical Poetry Translation and the Reception of Moses Mendelssohn in the
by [Sela, Yael]
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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.
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- Brill Brand
- Feb 20, 2025 Pub Date:
- 9789004536494 ISBN-13:
- 9004536493 ISBN-10:
- 192.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
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