“Their eyes shall behold strange things”: Abraham Ben Elijah of Vilna encounters the spirit of Mr. Buffon
The turn of the nineteenth century saw the publication of an abundance of travel narratives and texts in natural history written by maskilic Jews in Hebrew, Yiddish, and German in Hebrew characters. Several of these were maskilic translations of German children's books such as Georg Christian R...
| Subtitles: | Research Article |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2012]
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| In: |
AJS review
Year: 2012, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-322 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maskil
/ Journey
/ Natural history (Subject)
/ Story
/ Translation
/ Abraham ben Elijahu Gaon, aus Wilna 1750-1808
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Geography
B Theology B Translated works B Jewish literature B Jewish peoples B Humans B Judaism B Haskalah B Spirit |
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