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

Baghdad, Thirteenth C.

Wout J. van Bekkum (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2022
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-52699-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Wout Jac. van Bekkum, Ph.D. (1988), is Emeritus Professor of Semitic Languages and Cultures at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He has published many articles and books on Medieval Hebrew poetry, including The Secular Poetry of El‘azar ben Ya‘aqov ha-Bavli. Baghdad, Thirteenth C., on the basis of Manuscript Firkovicz Heb. IIA, 210.1 (Brill, 2007).

Preface

Abbreviations

Transliteration of Hebrew

Transliteration of (Judaeo-)Arabic

Introduction

1 Elʿazar ha-Bavli: Personal and Professional Background

2 Jewish Liturgy in the East

3 Arabic Standard and Hebrew Imitation: Intricacies and Boundaries

4 Models and Modulations

5 Themes and Motifs

6 Language and Lexicon

7 Elʿazar in Manuscripts and Prayer Books

Excursus: A ‘Piyyut’ on the Ages of Man

Edition of Piyyutim

Bibliography

Manuscript Sources

Index of Piyyutim

Index of Epitheta

Index of Names and Terms

Erscheinungsdatum	29.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	Études sur le judaïsme médiéval ; 94
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	706 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-10	90-04-52699-4 / 9004526994
ISBN-13	978-90-04-52699-0 / 9789004526990
Zustand	Neuware