Isaac da Costa

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Isaac da Costa

Isaäc da Costa (born January 14, 1798 in Amsterdam ; † April 28, 1860 there ) was a Dutch poet and writer . He was a leading figure in the conservative-Calvinist revival movement Réveil .

Life

Isaac da Costa was the son of a respected and wealthy Sephardic merchant and banker family from Portugal who had been expelled by the Inquisition . His first poetic attempts drew the attention of the poet Willem Bilderdijk ("Father of Réveil", a revival movement) to him, who has since supervised his further training and soon became friends with him. In 1817 Da Costa went to Leiden to complete his studies , where Bilderdijk also moved. After receiving his doctorate in law in 1818 and a doctorate in philosophy in 1821 , he was baptized in 1822 together with Abraham Capadose , a relative and college friend. The baptism takes place under the influence of Bilderdijk, who, however, never pushed for her conversion. Both friends have exerted a great influence as important Jewish Christians of modern times in the Dutch Orthodoxy ( Calvinism ).

Isaäc da Costa soon gained such a respected name as a poet that after Bilderdijk's death (1831) he was generally referred to as his successor in the rank of first Dutch poet. His swan song “ De slag by Nieupoort ” is one of the best that he has written.

Da Costa also tried his hand at historical and theological fields, for example with " Israel en de volken " (1849). His writings were reprinted several times; the poetic work was published in three parts (Haarlem 1861–62).

Works

  • Lof of poetry (1813)
  • De verlossing van Nederland (1814)
  • Alfonsus de Eerste (1818)
  • Bezwaren tegen den geest der eeuw (1823) - In this essay , written in 1823, only 25 years old, he turned against the encyclopedists , Rousseau , Voltaire , Diderot , Kant , Robert Owen and Lord Byron .
  • De Sadduceën (1824)
  • Geestelijke wapenkreet (1825)
  • Dichterlijke krijgsmuziek (1826)
  • God met ons (1826)
  • Feestliederen (1828)
  • Kerst- en nieuwjaarsintree pliers (1829)
  • Brieven van Mr. Willem Bilderdijk, Inleiding IV (1837)
  • Vijf en twintig jaren. Een song in 1840 (1840)
  • Aan Nederland, in de lente van 1844 (1844)
  • Pliers uit different leeftijd (1847)
  • 1648 en 1848. Dichtstuk (1848)
  • Lijden en heerlijkheid (1848)
  • Guardian! What is he van den Nacht (1848)
  • Zit aan mijne right hand (1848)
  • Israël en de volken, een overzigt van de divorceis der joden tot op onzen tijd (1848-1849)
  • Bijbelsche vrouwen (1848-1852)
  • De chaos en het licht (1850)
  • Politieke poëzy (1854)
  • Hesperides (1855)
  • De Dichtwerken van Bilderdijk (1856-1859)
  • De Mensch en de poet W. Bilderdijk (1859)
  • Tien bladzijden uit de geschiedenis van Neêrlands roem en grootheid (1860)
  • Poëzy (2 rows, 1821-1822)

Secondary literature

  • Ulrich Gäbler : "Resurrection Time". 19th century revival preacher. Six portraits. CH Beck Verlag, Munich, 1991. ISBN 3406351573
  • Ulrich Gäbler: On the theological content of Isaac da Costas “Defense against the zeitgeist”. In: Ulrich Gäbler, Peter Schram (ed.): Awakening at the beginning of the 19th century. Lectures at a conference of the Free University of Amsterdam, 26.-29. March 1985. Free University of Amsterdam 1986.

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personal data
SURNAME Costa, Isaac there
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1860
Place of death Amsterdam