Hebrew poetry from late antiquity : liturgical poems of Yehudah: critical edition with introduction and commentary / by Wout Jac. van Bekkum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yehudah, active 6th century.

Contributor:

Bekkum, Wout Jac. van.

Series:

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 43.

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 0169-734X ; 43

Standardized Title:

Works. 1998

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Piyutim.

Yehudah, active 6th century--Criticism and interpretation.

Yehudah.

Yehudah, active 6th century.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

183 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 1998.

Language Note:

Poems in Hebrew; introd. and commentary in English.

Summary:

This text edition of liturgical poems of the synagogue poet Yehudah provides a unique corpus of Hebrew compositions based on manuscript fragments from the Genizah collection. Yehudah's poetry reflects the importance of Hebrew poetry from the liturgy of the synagogue in early Palestinian Judaism. This study highlights the historical and literary context of Yehudah's poetry against the background of Byzantine Jewry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004112162

OCLC:

39307379