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Amir Banbaji , Ben Gurion University of the Negev Hebrew Melitsah and Isaac Satanov : The Adventures of a Maskilic Concept Offering a new reading in Satanov ’ s complex work , this paper addresses the history of a concept that for the most part has failed to attract scholars ’ attention . Exploring the medieval and renaissance history of melitsah ) commonly translated as eloquent speech , rhetoric , or phraseology ( , I suggest that the Hebrew term consists of a movement between two Latin translations of the Greek Logos : that is to say , between ratio and oratio . Noting the decline of the idea of melitsah and its subsequent replacement with sifrut in its modern sense , I move on to discuss its characteristic unfolding in Satanov ’ s ) work . A truly remarkable work , Mishle Assaf ) published in 1789 rigorously deconstructs any progressive or emphatically modern notion of knowledge or literature . In fact , my reading suggests that the venerated enlightenment - rationalist harmony of ...
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