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259: 219:'s German Commentary, 1827, the commentator groups and examines critically the most important exegetical explanations of the Bible expounders; penetrating into the actual import of the Holy Scripture and searching the spiritual context, so as to explain the Bible by the Bible itself. As regards grammar and 235:
of Philadelphia translated the Bible into English according to the interpretations of the Biurists; while in Europe steps were taken toward the perpetuation of the movement, in the foundation of the Ḥebra Doreshe Leshon 'Eber (Society of Investigators of the Hebrew Language) by
120:(The Paths of Peace). It is preceded by an introduction in Hebrew, written by Mendelssohn, in which he discusses the history of the work and the rules of idiom and syntax followed in his translation. Mendelssohn wrote, also, a German translation of the 88:
This act led Solomon Dubno to give up his work after having finished Genesis; but, in order that the undertaking might be completed, Mendelssohn himself undertook the commentary. Finding, however, that the work was beyond his strength, he committed to
28:. Most of the Biblical commentators immediately preceding Mendelssohn had interpreted the Biblical passages from an individual point of view, and Mendelssohn was concerned to obtain clarity as to the actual meaning of the passages. 72:
of Frankfort-on-the-Main. Fearing that the charm of the German language would lead young Jews to study the translation rather than the
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As soon as a portion of this translation was published, it was criticized by rabbis of the old school, including
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also followed in the footsteps of the Biurists with an Italian translation and Hebrew commentary to the
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to Job, Isaiah, and the Pentateuch, and some glosses to Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Proverbs, and Job; and
166: 152:, who in 1806 published a biuristic Bible. Mendelssohn's biuristic school extended from Poland to 149: 272: 137: 175: 342: 216: 212: 25: 223:, Philippson touches these only in so far as is necessary to the comprehension of the text. 77: 315: 102: 268: 170: 156:, from Italy to Amsterdam, London, and Copenhagen; and it had many imitators, such as: 129: 98: 61: 331: 263: 245: 106: 57: 46: 232: 220: 65: 163:, who translated into Dutch the Pentateuch, five Megillot, and the former Prophets 125: 110: 286: 192: 42: 94: 41:
Mendelssohn compiled for his children a literal German translation of the
262: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 21: 153: 121: 124:, with a Hebrew introduction ("mebo") on Biblical poetry, for which 73: 132:(Aaron of Halle, a translator of the Song of Solomon), wrote the 148:
In the nature of the biurist movement was the undertaking of
140:'s translation of Ecclesiastes was written by Mendelssohn. 76:
itself, and believing that they would thus be led away from
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The work was completed in March, 1783, under the title
49:, a grammarian and Hebraist, undertook to write a 169:, who translated and commented in Hebrew on the 244:, and in the establishment of the periodical " 231:The movement later crossed the Atlantic, and 199:translated the Bible into Italian, and wrote 109:that to twenty-two of the middle chapters of 8: 144:Further biurist translators and commentators 215:translated the Psalms into Hungarian. In 195:, and an Italian translation of Isaiah; 184:, who translated the Bible into Russian. 178:, who translated the Bible into Polish 322:, iii. 288, 370, 607; v. 328-335, 395 7: 14: 271:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 281:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 257: 20:were a class of Jewish Biblical 37:German translation and reaction 301:Lessing-Mendelssohn-Gedenkbuch 93:(Hartwig Wessely) the biur to 1: 128:(Joel Bril), conjointly with 364: 338:Jewish biblical scholars 291:Die Jüdische Litteratur 278:The Jewish Encyclopedia 197:Samuel David Luzzatto 308:Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 238:Isaac Abraham Euchel 161:Samuel Israel Mulder 70:Phineas Levi Horwitz 320:History of the Jews 227:Biurists in America 189:Isaac Samuel Reggio 91:Naphtali Herz Wesel 24:, of the school of 32:Biurists in Europe 348:Bible translators 248:" (The Gleaner). 217:Ludwig Philippson 182:J. L. Mandelstamm 118:Netibot ha-Shalom 84:Netibot ha-Shalom 26:Moses Mendelssohn 355: 282: 261: 260: 78:orthodox Judaism 53:or commentary. 363: 362: 358: 357: 356: 354: 353: 352: 328: 327: 303:, Leipsic, 1879 269:Singer, Isidore 267: 258: 254: 229: 34: 12: 11: 5: 361: 359: 351: 350: 345: 340: 330: 329: 326: 325: 324: 323: 313: 304: 297:A. Goldschmidt 294: 293:, iii. 724-751 253: 250: 242:Mendel Breslau 228: 225: 186: 185: 179: 173: 171:Book of Isaiah 164: 136:. The biur to 130:Aaron Wolfsohn 99:Aaron Jaroslav 68:of Posen, and 62:Ezekiel Landau 45:; and to this 33: 30: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 360: 349: 346: 344: 341: 339: 336: 335: 333: 321: 317: 314: 311: 309: 305: 302: 298: 295: 292: 288: 284: 283: 280: 279: 274: 270: 265: 264:public domain 256: 255: 251: 249: 247: 243: 239: 234: 226: 224: 222: 218: 214: 210: 209:J. Mannheimer 206: 202: 198: 194: 190: 183: 180: 177: 174: 172: 168: 165: 162: 159: 158: 157: 155: 151: 146: 145: 141: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 114: 112: 108: 107:Hertz Homberg 104: 100: 96: 92: 86: 85: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 58:Raphael Cohen 54: 52: 48: 47:Solomon Dubno 44: 39: 38: 31: 29: 27: 23: 19: 319: 306: 300: 290: 276: 233:Isaac Leeser 230: 221:lexicography 205:M. Rosenthal 200: 187: 167:G. A. Parsen 150:Moses Landau 147: 143: 142: 133: 117: 115: 87: 83: 82: 66:Hirsch Janow 60:of Hamburg, 55: 50: 40: 36: 35: 17: 15: 285:Winter and 246:Ha-Me'assef 138:Kaplan Rabe 111:Deuteronomy 64:of Prague, 332:Categories 273:"Biurists" 252:References 193:Pentateuch 176:I. Neufeld 43:Pentateuch 126:Joel Löwe 105:, and to 95:Leviticus 343:Haskalah 213:M. Stern 101:that to 22:exegetes 18:Biurists 287:Wünsche 266::  103:Numbers 316:Graetz 211:, and 201:biurim 154:Alsace 122:Psalms 299:, in 97:, to 74:Torah 51:bi'ur 240:and 134:biur 16:The 312:324 334:: 318:, 310:i. 289:, 275:. 207:, 113:.

Index

exegetes
Moses Mendelssohn
Pentateuch
Solomon Dubno
Raphael Cohen
Ezekiel Landau
Hirsch Janow
Phineas Levi Horwitz
Torah
orthodox Judaism
Naphtali Herz Wesel
Leviticus
Aaron Jaroslav
Numbers
Hertz Homberg
Deuteronomy
Psalms
Joel Löwe
Aaron Wolfsohn
Kaplan Rabe
Moses Landau
Alsace
Samuel Israel Mulder
G. A. Parsen
Book of Isaiah
I. Neufeld
J. L. Mandelstamm
Isaac Samuel Reggio
Pentateuch
Samuel David Luzzatto

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