Английская Википедия:Isaiah Beer Bing

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Isaiah Beer Bing (Шаблон:Lang-he, Шаблон:Lang-fr; 1759 – 21 July 1805) was a French writer, translator, and Hebraist. He was one of the first members from France of the Haskalah movement.Шаблон:R

Biography

Isaiah Beer Bing was born in Metz to a distinguished Jewish family,Шаблон:R the son of merchant Moyse Hayem Bing.Шаблон:R Inspired by the work of Moses Mendelssohn,Шаблон:R he entered early upon a literary career, and at the age of twenty-five published French and Hebrew translations of Mendelssohn's Phaedon, under the titles Phédon, ou Traité sur l'immortalité de l'âme and Fedon: hu sefer hashʼarat ha-nefesh.Шаблон:RШаблон:R

He attracted the attention of Abbé Grégoire, Mirabeau, de la Fayette, and Roederer,Шаблон:R by his pamphlets on behalf of the Jews in the late 1780s, and especially by his Lettre, in which he defended his coreligionists against the anti-Semitic attacks of Aubert du Bayet.Шаблон:R Indeed, it was at Beer Bing's suggestion that Abbé Grégoire published his Essai sur la régénération physique, morale et politique des juifs ('An essay on the physical, moral, and political reformation of the Jews').Шаблон:RШаблон:R He was appointed to the 1878 Malesherbes Commission on the emancipation of French Jews,Шаблон:R and addressed the National Assembly the following year on behalf of the Jews of Lorraine.Шаблон:R He became a member of the Metz municipal council in 1790.Шаблон:R

As a member of its editorial committee,Шаблон:R Beer Bing contributed numerous literary compositions to the journal Шаблон:Ill, including a translation of Lessing's drama Nathan the Wise.Шаблон:R Especially noteworthy were translations into French of Jedaiah ha-Penini's Beḥinat ha-olam ('Examination of the World') and Judah ha-Levi's Шаблон:Ill ('Zion, Will You Not Inquire'),Шаблон:R both of which were included in Abbé Grégoire's Essai.Шаблон:R In 1792 he issued a French translation of Moïse Ensheim's "Hebrew La Marseillaise", La-menatze'aḥ shir ('To the Conductor, a Song'),Шаблон:R albeit with its biblical references removed.Шаблон:R

Beer Bing was forced to interrupt his literary career to secure means to provide for his large family, and he obtained the position of administrator of the Шаблон:Ill saltworks.Шаблон:R He died at Paris on 21 July 1805, at the age of 45.Шаблон:R

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