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💬 De Rechten van den Menschen van den Burger | דברי הברית החקים והמשפטים אשר בין אדם לאדם | The Rights of Man and of the Citizen, after the Declaration of the Batavian Republic and the Emancipation of Dutch Jewry (1795/1798)This is De Rechten van den Menschen van den Burger (“The Rights of Man and of the Citizen” 1795) and its Hebrew translation, דברי הברית החקים והמשפטים אשר בין אדם לאדם (1798), upon the establishment of the Batavian Republic and the ensuing emancipation of Dutch Jewry in the Netherlands. The text of the Declaration, with nineteen articles, follows after the French Republic’s much expanded Déclaration des droits de l’Homme et du citoyen de 1793 written by Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. (The French Declaration, ratified by popular vote in July 1793, was a revision of the initial Declaration from 1789 written by the commission that included Hérault de Séchelles and Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just during the period of the French Revolution.) Declarations such as these enshrined the liberal values of the Enlightenment which changed the situation and status of Jews under their aegis. Ultimately, these values were largely enshrined under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by member states of the nascent United Nations in 1945. . . .  Categories: Modern Miscellany, National Brotherhood Week, France, Addenda, International Day of Democracy (September 15th), United Nations Day (October 24th), the Netherlands, International Human Rights Day (December 10th) Tags: Felix Libertate, civil declarations and charters, Emancipation, 56th century A.M., Dutch Jewry, 18th century C.E., Batavian Republic, the Enlightenment Contributor(s): Unknown Translator(s), Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)An die Freude | שִׁיר לְשִׂמְחָה | ode to Joy (Shir l’Simḥah), a Hebrew adaptation of the hymn by Friedrich Schiller (ca. late 18th c.)In 1785 Friedrich Schiller wrote his ‘An die Freude an ode ‘To Joy’, describing his ideal of an equal society united in joy and friendship. Numerous copies and adaptations attest to its popularity at the time. The slightly altered 1803 edition was set to music not only by Ludwig van Beethoven in his Ninth Symphony but also by other composers such as Franz Schubert and Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Hs. Ros. PL B-57 contains a Hebrew translation of the first edition of the ode (apparently rendered before the 1803 alteration), revealing that the spirit of the age even managed to reach the Jewish community in the Netherlands. Whereas the imagery of Schiller’s original is drawn from Greek mythology, the author of the שִׁיר לְשִׂמְחָה relies on the Bible as a source. In fact, he not only utilises Biblical imagery, but successfully avoids any allusion to Hellenistic ideas whatsoever. . . . Categories: National Brotherhood Week, European Union, International Day of Democracy (September 15th), Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet Tags: liberation, national anthems, Emancipation, euphoria, civil declarations and charters, 56th century A.M., 18th century C.E., Felix Libertate, Hebrew translation, German vernacular prayer, Ode to Joy, the Enlightenment, Needing Proofreading Contributor(s): Friedrich Schiller, Unknown Translator(s) and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription) |
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