The Religious Poetry of El'azar Ben Ya'aqov Ha-Bavli Baghdad, Thirteenth C

This is a comprehensive edition of Hebrew hymns composed by Eleazar the Babylonian, a prolific composer and scholar who lived in 13th-century Baghdad. His poetic language and style show much affinity with contemporary Sufism.

About the author

Wout Jac. van Bekkum, Ph.D. (1988), is Emeritus Professor of Semitic Languages and Cultures at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He has published many articles and books on Medieval Hebrew poetry, including The Secular Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli. Baghdad, Thirteenth C., on the basis of Manuscript Firkovicz Heb. IIA, 210.1 (Brill, 2007).

Product details

• Authors: Wout J. van Bekkum, Wout J van Bekkum
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 27.10.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages
• EAN: 9789004526990
• ISBN: 978-90-04-52699-0
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.5 x 2.7 cm
• Weight (packing): 706 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva > 94
• Subjects: Geschichte, POETRY / General, HISTORY / Medieval, Religion - Judaism, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, ca. 500 bis ca. 1000 n. Chr., Lyrik einzelner Dichter, ca. 1000 bis ca. 1500 nach Christus