Mythopoesis, Mysticism, Messianism, and Modernity in Aaron Zeitlin's Metatron
This article presents an analysis of Aaron Zeitlin's Metatron: Apokaliptishe poeme, published in Warsaw in 1922. Written at the height of the Yiddish avant-garde, the book-length poem represents the highpoint of Zeitlin's "neo-kabbalistic" phase. Focusing on the mythopoesis and m...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2020]
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The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Zeitlin, Aaron 1898-1973, Meṭaṭron
/ Mythopoiesis
/ Mystizismus
/ Messianismus
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ Neue Religionen BH Judentum KBK Osteuropa |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Messianism
B Myth B Aaron Zeitlin B Yiddish B Duality B Poetry B Metatron |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article presents an analysis of Aaron Zeitlin's Metatron: Apokaliptishe poeme, published in Warsaw in 1922. Written at the height of the Yiddish avant-garde, the book-length poem represents the highpoint of Zeitlin's "neo-kabbalistic" phase. Focusing on the mythopoesis and mystical messianism in the composition, I situate Zeitlin's thought in the context of Uri Tsvi Greenberg's Mefisto as well as Hillel Zeitlin's messianism and ruminations on duality and evil. Paul Tillich's writings about the divine-demonic provide another lens. Uncovering Zeitlin's kabbalistic sources reveals the depth of his mythopoetic imagination, which I locate amidst divergent attitudes to myth in Yiddish literature in the early 1920s. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-285X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341305 |