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

Baghdad, Thirteenth C.
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-52699-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 94, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 706 g

Reihe: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bekkum, Wout J van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Abbreviations

Transliteration of Hebrew

Transliteration of (Judaeo-)Arabic

Introduction

1 El?azar 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 El?azar 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

Über Autor(innen)

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).