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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464045603321

Autore

Lieber Laura Suzanne

Titolo

A vocabulary of desire : the Song of Songs in the early synagogue  / / by Laura S. Lieber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Koninklijke Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-27859-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (462 p.)

Collana

The Brill Reference Library of Judaism, , 1571-5000  ; ; Volume 40

Disciplina

296.4/52

Soggetti

Piyutim - Criticism, Textual

Judaism - Liturgy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume examines six piyyutim ... 1. An anonymous qedushta shel sheva for Passover (ca. fifth century) ; 2. A shivata for Passover by Yannai (sixth century) ; 3. A qerova for Passover by Yannai ; 4. A shivata for the Prayer for Dew by Eleazar birabbi Qallir (late sixth-early seventh century) ; 5. A qedushta for the first Sabbath following a wedding by Eleazar birabbi Qallir ; 6. A yotzer for Passover by Eleazar birabbi Qallir"--ECIP introduction.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter / Laura Lieber -- “A Garden Enclosed”: The Song of Songs as a Gateway to Synagogue Poetry / Laura Lieber -- “Let Him Kiss Me”: The Place of Piyyut in the History of Interpretation of the Song / Laura Lieber -- “Your Voice is Sweet”: Piyyut As an Extension of Biblical Rhetoric / Laura Lieber -- “I Am My Beloved’s and His Desire is for Me”: The World of the Songs / Laura Lieber -- Translator’s Introduction / Laura Lieber -- A Love Song to the Torah: Anonymous, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim / Laura Lieber -- Lyrics of Love: Yannai, Shivata Shir ha-Shirim / Laura Lieber -- Of Ritual and Reciprocity: Yannai, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim / Laura Lieber -- The Power of Dew: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, Shivata for Dew / Laura Lieber -- Youthful Love Is Eternal: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, The Groom’s Qedushta / Laura Lieber -- Like Stars of Light: Eleazar (birabbi Qallir?), Yotzer Shir ha-Shirim / Laura Lieber -- Conclusion / Laura Lieber -- Bibliography / Laura Lieber -- Indexes / Laura Lieber.



Sommario/riassunto

In A Vocabulary of Desire , Laura Lieber offers a nuanced, multifaceted and highly original study of how the Song of Songs was understood and deployed by Jewish liturgical poets in Late Antiquity (ca. 4th-7th centuries CE). Through her examination of poems which embellish and even rewrite the Song of Songs, Lieber brings the creative spirit-liturgical, intellectual, and exegetical-of these poems vividly to the fore. All who are interested in the early interpretation of the Song of Songs, the ancient synagogue, early Jewish and Christian hymnography, and Judaism in Late Antiquity will find this volume both enriching and accessible. The volume consists of two interrelated halves. In the first section, four introductory essays establish the broad cultural context in which these poems emerged; in the second, each chapter consists of an analytical essay structured around a single, complete poetic cycle, presented in new Hebrew editions with annotated original English translations. \'The Hebrew text edition is accompanied by a lucid and poetic English translation with annotations and a commentary. In this excellent, scholarly text edition, the commentary is focused and to the point...This reviewer highly recommends this monograph to scholars interested in the early synagogue and its liturgy, late antique and medieval Hebrew poetry, rabbinic Judaism, and early Christianity. The book invites further comparative work in these areas.\' Rivka B. Ulmer, H-Judaic, H-Net Reviews. May, 2015.