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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454189903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2007

ISBN

1-281-39680-X

9786611396800

90-474-1884-0

1-4356-5478-1

90-474-2546-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 p.)

Collana

Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, , 0169-815X ; ; t. 34

Altri autori (Persone)

BekkumWout Jac. van

Disciplina

892.4/12

Soggetti

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew

Judeo-Arabic language - Metrics and rhythmics

Hebrew language - Versification

Poetics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

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.