Title The languages of Paradise : race, religion, and philology in the nineteenth century / Maurice Olender ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992

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Description xiii, 193 pages ; 22 cm Contents Archives of paradise -- Divine vowels / Richard Simon, Robert Lowth, J.G. Herder -- The cycle of the chosen peoples / J.G. Herder -- The Hebrews and the sublime / Ernest Renan -- The danger of ambiguity / Friedrich Max Müller -- The monotheism of the Aryas / Adolphe Pictet -- Heavenly nuptials / Rudolph Friedrich Grau -- Semites as Aryans / Ignaz Goldziher -- Secrets of the forge Analysis Linguistics Notes Translation of: Les langues du paradis Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Language and culture -- History -- 19th century. Philology -- History -- 19th century. LC no. 91019996 ISBN 0674510526 (acid-free paper)

Other Titles Langues du paradis. English

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