The Religious Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli : Baghdad, Thirteenth C. / Wout Jac. van Bekkum.
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TextLanguage: English Series: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; 94. | Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- Baghdad, Thirteenth C
- 821.08 23
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Copyright Page / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Preface / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Abbreviations / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Transliteration of Hebrew / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Transliteration of (Judaeo-)Arabic / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Introduction / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Excursus: A ‘Piyyut’ on the Ages of Man / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Edition of Piyyutim / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Bibliography / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Manuscript Sources / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Indexes / Wout Jac. van Bekkum.
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.
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