The secular poetry of Elʻazar ben Yaʻaqov ha-Bavli

The secular poetry of Elʻazar ben Yaʻaqov ha-Bavli PDF Author: Wout Jac. Van Bekkum
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004147187
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 351

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A critical edition with introduction and commentaries of the poetry of Elazar ha-Bavli (Baghdad, 13th century).

The secular poetry of Elʻazar ben Yaʻaqov ha-Bavli

The secular poetry of Elʻazar ben Yaʻaqov ha-Bavli PDF Author: Wout Jac. Van Bekkum
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004147187
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 351

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Book Description
A critical edition with introduction and commentaries of the poetry of Elazar ha-Bavli (Baghdad, 13th century).

The Religious Poetry of El'azar Ben Ya'aqov Ha-Bavli

The Religious Poetry of El'azar Ben Ya'aqov Ha-Bavli PDF Author: Wout J. van Bekkum
Publisher: Brill
ISBN: 9789004526990
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This volume presents the reader with a fascinating collection of hymns composed by El'azar the Babylonian, an Arab-Jewish poet who is active in Baghdad during the first half of the 13th century. His religious oeuvre consists of dozens of hymns, coming down to us from the treasures of the Cairo Genizah and the Firkovicz Collections. His compositions provide a cross-section of genres and liturgical destinations. El'azar's devotional hymnology is characterised by a striking spiritual tendency which reveals his familiarity with contemporary Sufism in both Muslim and Jewish circles.

The Religious Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli

The Religious Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli PDF Author: Wout J. van Bekkum
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004527001
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 347

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This is a comprehensive edition of Hebrew hymns composed by Eleazar the Babylonian, a prolific composer and scholar who lived in 13th-century Baghdad. His poetic language and style show much affinity with contemporary Sufism.

Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Egypt

Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Egypt PDF Author: Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004191305
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 365

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Offering an edition of secular poems taken from the earliest, fifteenth-century manuscript, this book seeks to evaluate Moses Dar??’s poetry in the light of the Andalusian-Hebrew poetical tradition and within the context of Hebrew literary activity in the Muslim East.

The Poet and the World

The Poet and the World PDF Author: Joachim Yeshaya
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110599236
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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A collection of seventeen essays on pre-modern Hebrew poetry in honor of Wout van Bekkum. The articles in this volume all seek to examine how the religious, cultural, and social context in which the poet functioned impacted on and is visible, either explicitly or more elliptically, in their poetical oeuvre. For this purposes a broad understanding of "world" has been accepted, including both the natural world and the constructed one (society, culture, language) as well as the spiritual and emotional world. History, a pillar of the man-made constructed world, has been used to determine the boundaries: from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, and—in instances where the topic connects to older traditions—to Early Modern Judaism, i.e. pre-modern Hebrew (and Aramaic) poetry. The articles in this volume, in the breadth of their temporal and spatial range and their multiplicity of approaches and methodologies, highlight the richness of contemporary scholarship on Hebrew poetry. The volume invites the reader to engage with this astonishing body of poetry, while providing a glimpse into the world of the payṭanim, and the cultures and societies from which they drew their ininspiration and to which they made such important contributions.

Dominion Built of Praise

Dominion Built of Praise PDF Author: Jonathan Decter
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812295242
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 396

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A constant feature of Jewish culture in the medieval Mediterranean was the dedication of panegyric texts in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic, and other languages to men of several ranks: scholars, communal leaders, courtiers, merchants, patrons, and poets. Although the imagery of nature and eroticism in the preludes to these poems is often studied, the substance of what follows is generally neglected, as it is perceived to be repetitive, obsequious, and less aesthetically interesting than other types of poetry from the period. In Dominion Built of Praise, Jonathan Decter demurs. As is the case with visual portraits, panegyrics operate according to a code of cultural norms that tell us at least as much about the society that produced them as the individuals they portray. Looking at the phenomenon of panegyric in Mediterranean Jewish culture from several overlapping perspectives—social, historical, ethical, poetic, political, and theological—he finds that they offer representations of Jewish political leadership as it varied across geographic area and evolved over time. Decter focuses his analysis primarily on Jewish centers in the Islamic Mediterranean between the tenth and thirteenth centuries and also includes a chapter on Jews in the Christian Mediterranean through the fifteenth century. He examines the hundreds of panegyrics that have survived: some copied repeatedly in luxurious anthologies, others discarded haphazardly in the Cairo Geniza. According to Decter, the poems extolled conventional character traits ascribed to leaders not only diachronically within the Jewish political tradition but also synchronically within Islamic and, to a lesser extent, Christian civilization and political culture. Dominion Built of Praise reveals more than a superficial and functional parallel between Muslim and Jewish forms of statecraft and demonstrates how ideas of Islamic political legitimacy profoundly shaped the ways in which Jews conceptualized and portrayed their own leadership.

Studies in Medieval Jewish Poetry

Studies in Medieval Jewish Poetry PDF Author: Alessandro Guetta
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004169318
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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Analysing well-known Hebrew medieval poets from a new, refreshing standpoint and focusing on less known authors and periods, this book shows the maturity of the research in this field. Written in English (and French) the articles make the Hebrew texts more easily available to scholars of comparative literature.

A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry

A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry PDF Author: Uriah Kfir
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004363599
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry takes a ground-breaking approach to the relationships between centers of medieval Hebrew poetry and their implications regarding matters of poetics. It shows on the one hand how literary efforts by members of the Spanish school of secular poetry, from its zenith in the eleventh century to the thirteenth century, helped gradually shape its predominance. On the other hand, it presents thirteenth century Hebrew poets from Iraq, Egypt, Italy and Provence, and charts the different strategies of these “peripheral” authors, who had to cope with Iberian fame. The analysis, which draws on concepts from literary and cultural theories, provides close readings of many works in both the original Hebrew and, in most cases for the first time, an English translation. "Kfir’s book makes a strong case for the craft, vibrancy, and richness of Medieval Hebrew poetry as rooted in place. Highly recommended for scholars of medieval Hebrew poetry, poetry aficionados, and historians." - David B. Levy, Touro College, in: Association of Jewish LIbraries 8.4 (2018)

Occident and Orient

Occident and Orient PDF Author: Robert Dán
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900467117X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 421

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The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations PDF Author: Josef Meri
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317383214
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 546

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The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of interfaith dialogue. The volume is designed to illuminate positive encounters between Muslims and Jews, as well as points of conflict, within a historical framework. Among other goals, the volume seeks to correct common misperceptions about the history of Muslim-Jewish relations by complicating familiar political narratives to include dynamics such as the cross-influence of literary and intellectual traditions. Reflecting unique and original collaborations between internationally-renowned contributors, the book is intended to spark further collaborative and constructive conversation and scholarship in the academy and beyond.