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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 28-94 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tsayṭlin, Aharon 1898-1973, Meṭaṭron
/ Mythopoiesis
/ Mysticism
/ Messianism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements BH Judaism KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Messianism
B Myth B Aaron Zeitlin B Henoch Biblical character B Yiddish B Duality B Poetry |
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| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1477285X-12341305 |