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.

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instanceOf German Bible translation
Haskalah work
Jewish religious text
biblical commentary
aim harmonization of traditional Judaism with Enlightenment thought
modernization of Jewish Bible study
promotion of Hebrew and German literacy among Jews
associatedConcept Enlightenment rationalism in Judaism
acculturation of Jews to European culture
associatedWithMovement Berlin Haskalah circle NERFINISHED
associatedWithPerson Herz Homberg NERFINISHED
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
Hebrew commentary on the Pentateuch
controversialFor rationalist interpretive approach
use of German language for sacred text
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED
genre Bible translation
biblical exegesis
hasAlternativeName Biur NERFINISHED
Mendelssohn Bible NERFINISHED
hasTitle Bi’ur NERFINISHED
influenced Jewish Enlightenment NERFINISHED
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
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
tool for language acquisition
religiousTradition Judaism
scriptOfGermanText Hebrew script
scripturalScope Five Books of Moses NERFINISHED
subject Pentateuch NERFINISHED
theologicalOrientation rationalism
usesMethod historical-contextual interpretation
philological analysis

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Moses Mendel Dessau notableWork Bi’ur (German translation and commentary on the Pentateuch)