The Secular poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli : Baghdad, thirteenth century : on the basis of manuscript Firkovicz Heb. IIA, 210.I St. Petersburg / edited and introduced by Wout Jac. van Bekkum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bekkum, Wout Jac. van.

Series:

Etudes sur le judaisme medieval ; t. 34.

Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, 0169-815X ; t. 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eleazar ben Jacob, ha-Bavli, approximately 1195-1250--Criticism and interpretation.

Eleazar ben Jacob.

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew.

Judeo-Arabic language--Metrics and rhythmics.

Judeo-Arabic language.

Hebrew language--Versification.

Hebrew language.

Poetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 67, 258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The collection of Elazar’s poetry is impressive and contains more than four hundred compositions with a striking preponderance of panegyrics, laments, homonymic poems, and epigrams. Elazar was strongly involved in promoting the Baghdadi-Jewish elite, dignified people who held high office in the city, either as government officials or as leaders of the Jewish community. This critical edition of a manuscript offers much literary and historical information about Baghdadi Jewry in the days before and during the Mongol invasion of 1258.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter One. Research History / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Two. EL’AZAR’S DIWAN / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Three. El’Azar Ha-Bavli: The Man And The Poet / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Four. Poetics And Poetry / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Five. Motifs And Themes / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Six. Conclusion / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Seven. Bibliography / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Eight. El’Azar’S Poems According To Ms Firkovicz, With Commentaries / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Nine . Appendix I: El‘Azar’S Poems According To Ms Ena 881, With Variant Readings According To Brody’S Edition / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Ten. APPENDIX II: PIYYUTIM BY EL’AZAR BEN HALFON HAKOHEN ON THE BASIS OF MS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY T-S MISC. 24.59 / W.J. Van Bekkum

Chapter Eleven. Indices / W.J. Van Bekkum.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [61]-67) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-39680-X

9786611396800

90-474-1884-0

1-4356-5478-1

90-474-2546-4

OCLC:

609847242

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004147188.i-69 DOI