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...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
[2020]
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The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Année: 2020, Volume: 28, Numéro: 1, Pages: 28-94 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Tsayṭlin, Aharon 1898-1973, Meṭaṭron
/ Mythopoïèse
/ Mysticisme
/ Messianisme
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| RelBib Classification: | AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux BH Judaïsme KBK Europe de l'Est |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Messianism
B Myth B Aaron Zeitlin B Yiddish B Duality B Poetry B Metatron |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341305 |