Byron and the Jews
Title | Byron and the Jews PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila A. Spector |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2010-07-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0814335403 |
A full-length critical inquiry into the complex interrelationship between the British poet and the Jews. Despite their religious and geographic differences, the British poet Lord Byron shared certain attitudes about politics, institutionalized religion, and individual identity that made him very popular with Jewish readers. In Byron and the Jews, author Sheila A. Spector investigates why, of all the British Romantic poets, Byron is the most frequently translated into Hebrew and Yiddish and how Jews used translations of Byron's works to help construct a new Jewish identity. Spector begins by examining Byron's interaction with contemporary Jewish writers Isaac D'Israeli and Isaac Nathan and investigates how the writers translated each other. The following three chapters demonstrate how the Byron translations interrelated with intellectual leaders of the three cultural movements that dominated Jewish culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the Maskilim, the Yiddishists, and the Zionists. Spector's conclusion explores the theoretical inference implicit in this study—that the act of translation inevitably produces an allegorical reading of a text that may be contrary to an author's original intention. A useful appendix contains transcriptions of many of the texts discussed in this volume, as few of these Hebrew and Yiddish translations are readily available elsewhere. Not only are portions of all of the translations represented, but different versions are included so that readers can see for themselves how Byron was adapted for different Jewish interpretive communities. Scholars of Byron, Jewish identity, and those interested in translation and reception studies will appreciate this insightful volume.
Byron and the Jews
Title | Byron and the Jews PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila A. Spector |
Publisher | Wayne State University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780814334423 |
A full-length critical inquiry into the complex interrelationship between the British poet and the Jews. Despite their religious and geographic differences, the British poet Lord Byron shared certain attitudes about politics, institutionalized religion, and individual identity that made him very popular with Jewish readers. In Byron and the Jews, author Sheila A. Spector investigates why, of all the British Romantic poets, Byron is the most frequently translated into Hebrew and Yiddish and how Jews used translations of Byron's works to help construct a new Jewish identity. Spector begins by examining Byron's interaction with contemporary Jewish writers Isaac D'Israeli and Isaac Nathan and investigates how the writers translated each other. The following three chapters demonstrate how the Byron translations interrelated with intellectual leaders of the three cultural movements that dominated Jewish culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the Maskilim, the Yiddishists, and the Zionists. Spector's conclusion explores the theoretical inference implicit in this study--that the act of translation inevitably produces an allegorical reading of a text that may be contrary to an author's original intention. A useful appendix contains transcriptions of many of the texts discussed in this volume, as few of these Hebrew and Yiddish translations are readily available elsewhere. Not only are portions of all of the translations represented, but different versions are included so that readers can see for themselves how Byron was adapted for different Jewish interpretive communities. Scholars of Byron, Jewish identity, and those interested in translation and reception studies will appreciate this insightful volume.
Faith Finding Meaning
Title | Faith Finding Meaning PDF eBook |
Author | Byron L. Sherwin |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2013-02-28 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199978573 |
Byron Sherwin demonstrates that Jewish theological thinking can be understood as a response to visceral existential issues and argues that human meaning and fulfillment can be discovered in the application of an authentic Jewish way of thinking and living.
Hebrew Melodies
Title | Hebrew Melodies PDF eBook |
Author | Baron George Gordon Byron Byron |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-07-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781020351082 |
This collection of poems by Lord Byron explores Jewish themes and identities, drawing on the author's deep interest in Jewish culture and history. The poems in 'Hebrew Melodies' range from poignant romantic pieces to explorations of biblical themes and political issues. The collection reflects Byron's lifelong commitment to social justice and his belief in the power of poetry to inspire change. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Hebrew Melodies
Title | Hebrew Melodies PDF eBook |
Author | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1823 |
Genre | Jews |
ISBN |
Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron
Title | Fugitive Pieces and Reminiscences of Lord Byron PDF eBook |
Author | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1829 |
Genre | Jews |
ISBN |
Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
Title | Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century PDF eBook |
Author | Byron L. Sherwin |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2000-03-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780815606246 |
In this highly provocative and informed work, Byron L. Sherwin, one of the leading Jewish ethicists of our time, demonstrates how the wisdom of the past—found in classical texts that form Jewish religious tradition—can forcefully address the moral perplexities of the present. In setting out a contemporary agenda for Jewish ethics, Sherwin debunks common misconceptions about Jewish ethics and distinguishes between the ethics of Judaism and various forms of secular and religious ethics. He shows, for example, how the ethics of Judaism and the ethics of Jews often are at odds, how the Judeo-Christian ethic is an obsolete myth, and how Jewish and G:hristian ethics radically differ both in terms of their theological assumptions and in their applied methodologies. Sherwin delineates a methodology for Jewish ethics, which he applies to a wide variety of issues such as health and healing, euthanasia, reproductive biotechnology, cloning, parent-child relationships, economic justice, repentance or "moral rehabilitation," and the relationship between humans and machines. Drawing on a wide range of biblical, rabbinical, Jewish philosophical and kabbalistic sources, Jewish Ethics for the Twenty-First Century links the biblical term "image of God" to moral freedom, human creativity and the challenge of becoming God's "partner in creation" and a coauthor of the Torah.