The German-Hebrew Dialogue: Studies of Encounter and Exchange

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The German-Hebrew Dialogue

Studies of Encounter and Exchange

Edited by: Amir Eshel and Rachel Seelig

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2018

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Volume 6 | Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts

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In the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, it seemed there was no place for German in Israel and no trace of Hebrew in Germany — the two languages and their cultures appeared as divergent as the directions of their scripts. Yet when placed side by side on opposing pages, German and Hebrew converge in the middle. Comprised of essays on literature, history, philosophy, and the visual and performing arts, this volume explores the mutual influence of two linguistic cultures long held as separate or even as diametrically opposed. From Moses Mendelssohn’s arrival in Berlin in 1748 to the recent wave of Israeli migration to Berlin, the essays gathered here shed new light on the painful yet productive relationship between modern German and Hebrew cultures. 　

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Amir Eshel, Stanford University, USA; Rachel Seelig, The University of Toronto, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Editors’ Introduction Rachel Seelig and Amir Eshel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part One: German-Hebrew Exchange in Modernist Literature
Not like Cherries, but like Peaches: Mendelssohn and Rosenzweig Translate Yehuda Halevi’s “Ode to Zion” Abigail Gillman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
The Flowers of Shame: Avraham Ben Yitzhak’s Hebrew-German “Revival” Maya Barzilai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
Dan Pagis’s Laboratory: Between German and Hebrew Na’ama Rokem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	61
Stuttering in Verse: Tuvia Rübner and the Art of Self-Translation Rachel Seelig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Vera Europa vs. Verus Israel: Modern Jews’ Encounter with Europe in Light of Lea Goldberg’s Encounter with a Poet Giddon Ticotsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Texts and Objects: The Books of the Schocken Publishing House in the Context of their Time Stefanie Mahrer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	121
איכה /Ach: Lament and Being in Hebrew and German Galili Shahar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	143
Part Two: German-Hebrew Encounters in the Arts Today
“I write bilingual poetry/in Hebrew and in silence” Ruth Ginsburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
Before the Hebrew Notebook: Kafka’s Words and Gestures in Translation Freddie Rokem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Europe Will Be Stunned: Visualization of a Jewish Return Yael Almog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
“In His Image”: On Dani Karavan’s Artwork in Germany Amir Eshel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
Mikan ve’eylakh (From this Point Onward), translated by Rachel Seelig Tal Hever-Chybowski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
The Berlin Prize for Hebrew Literature (excerpt from a novel in progress), translated by Rachel Seelig Mati Shemoelof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
About the Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261

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eBook published on:

December 18, 2017

eBook ISBN:

9783110473384

Hardcover published on:

January 9, 2018

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110471359

Paperback published on:

December 2, 2019

Paperback ISBN:

9783110683738

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Front matter:

6

Main content:

263

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110473384

eBook ISBN: 9783110473384

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110471359

Paperback ISBN: 9783110683738

Keywords for this book

German-Jewish Relations; Jewish Culture; German Culture; Intercultural Dialogue

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Kulturwissenschaftler, Religionswissenschaftler, Forschende in allen Bereichen der Jüdischen Studien

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