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Author:

Lieber, Laura Suzanne, author.

Title:

Jewish Aramaic poetry from late antiquity : translations and commentaries / by Laura Suzanne Lieber.

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xv, 229 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Jewish religious poetry, Aramaic.
Jewish religious poetry, Aramaic--Translations into English.
Jewish religious poetry, Aramaic--History and criticism.
Fasts and feasts--Judaism--Poetry.
Fasts and feasts--Judaism.
Jewish religious poetry, Aramaic.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Poetry.
Translations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"In Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity, Laura Suzanne Lieber offers annotated translations of sixty-nine poems written between the 4th and 7th century C.E. in the Land of Israel, along with commentaries and introductions. The poems celebrate a range of occasions from the ritual year and the life-cycle: Passover, Shavuot (Pentacost), the Ninth of Av, Purim, the New Moon of Nisan, the conclusion of the Torah, weddings, and funerals. Written in the vernacular of the Jews of living in Palestine after the Christianization of the Roman Empire, these works offer insight into lived Jewish experience during a pivotal age. The volume contextualizes the individual works so that readers from a range of backgrounds can appreciate the formal, linguistic, exegetical, theological, and performative creativity of these works"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval ; tome lxxv
Cambridge Genizah studies ; volume 8

ISBN:

9004365885
9789004365889

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1027729105

LCCN:

2018010090

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)