Jewish Aramaic Poetry from Late Antiquity - Translations and Commentaries. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 8

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., along with commentary and introductions.

About the author

Laura Suzanne Lieber, Ph.D. (2003), University of Chicago, is Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, where she directs the Center for Jewish Studies. She has published monographs, translations, and articles in the field of liturgical poetry in Late Antiquity, including Yannai on Genesis: An Invitation to Piyyut (HUC Press, 2010) and A Vocabulary of Desire: The Song of Songs in the Early Synagogue (Brill, 2014).

Product details

• Authors: Laura Suzanne Lieber
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.04.2018
• EAN: 9789004365889
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36588-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies