Wine, Women, and Death - Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life

Informationen zum Autor Raymond P. Scheindlin is Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has served as rabbi at the Kane Street Synagogue, Brooklyn, and as provost of the Seminary. Klappentext The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature that is as richly entertaining today as it was in the twelfth century. In this delight delightful book, Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each followed by commentary that explains its cultural context. Zusammenfassung The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond P. Scheindlin, Raymond P. (Professor of Medieval Hebr Scheindlin
• Assisted by: Raymond Scheindlin (Editor), Raymond P. Scheindlin (Editor), Raymond P. Scheindlin (Editor and translation), Scheindlin Raymond P. (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.1999
• EAN: 9780195129878
• ISBN: 978-0-19-512987-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Spain, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Hebrew, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets