Bi’ur (German translation and commentary on the Pentateuch)
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Bi’ur is Moses Mendelssohn’s influential German translation and rationalist commentary on the Pentateuch, central to the Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah) and the modernization of Jewish Bible study.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Bi’ur | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
German Bible translation
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Haskalah work ⓘ Jewish religious text ⓘ biblical commentary ⓘ |
| aim |
harmonization of traditional Judaism with Enlightenment thought
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modernization of Jewish Bible study ⓘ promotion of Hebrew and German literacy among Jews ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Enlightenment rationalism in Judaism
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acculturation of Jews to European culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Berlin Haskalah circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Herz Homberg
NERFINISHED
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Naphtali Herz Wessely NERFINISHED ⓘ Solomon Dubno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Moses Mendelssohn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnText | Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentaryStyle | rationalist commentary ⓘ |
| commentaryType | peshat-oriented commentary ⓘ |
| contains |
German translation of the Pentateuch
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Hebrew commentary on the Pentateuch ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
rationalist interpretive approach
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use of German language for sacred text ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Bible translation
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biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Biur
NERFINISHED
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Mendelssohn Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Bi’ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Jewish Enlightenment
NERFINISHED
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Jewish education reforms in Central Europe ⓘ modern Jewish Bible scholarship ⓘ subsequent German-Jewish Bible translations ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Ashkenazi Jews in Central Europe ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
home study of the Pentateuch
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school textbook in reformed Jewish schools ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| languageOfCommentary | Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Haskalah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | traditionalist rabbinic authorities ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
study aid
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tool for language acquisition ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scriptOfGermanText | Hebrew script ⓘ |
| scripturalScope | Five Books of Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject | Pentateuch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | rationalism ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
historical-contextual interpretation
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philological analysis ⓘ |
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