Bulgaria's Synagogue Poets : the Kastoreans
Hebrew literature Hebrew poetry Religion RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice sähkökirjat
University of Alabama Press
1983
Critical ed.
EISBN 9780817356231
Contents; ENGLISH SECTION; Bibliography; Index to the Poems; The Uses of Metonymy in Kastorean Poetry; Notes to the Introduction; Selections from the Kastorean Poets; The Characteristics of the Kastorean Prayer Book; Introduction; HEBREW SECTION.
This is the first in-depth study of three 11th- to 12th-century poets from Balkan Byzantium. Included are all of the known works by Moses b. Hiyya, Joseph b. Jacob Qalai, and Isaac b. Judah, collected from rare manuscripts and printed editions and from Geniza collections at Oxford and Cambridge. These works provide the evidence that the Balkan synagogue poets favored distinctive literary forms even as they show the strong influence of the Hispanic-Hebrew writers. Completing the volume are indexes of rabbinic, Aramaic, and payyetanic usages and tables of metonymical terms.
This is the first in-depth study of three 11th- to 12th-century poets from Balkan Byzantium. Included are all of the known works by Moses b. Hiyya, Joseph b. Jacob Qalai, and Isaac b. Judah, collected from rare manuscripts and printed editions and from Geniza collections at Oxford and Cambridge. These works provide the evidence that the Balkan synagogue poets favored distinctive literary forms even as they show the strong influence of the Hispanic-Hebrew writers. Completing the volume are indexes of rabbinic, Aramaic, and payyetanic usages and tables of metonymical terms.
