Jewish Aramaic poetry from late antiquity
Subtitle: translations and commentaries
By: by Laura Suzanne Lieber
Series: Études sur le Judaïsme médiéval -- tome lxxv; Cambridge Genizah studies -- volume 8; Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval -- t. 75.; Cambridge Genizah studies series -- v. 8.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9789004365889
Subjects: Aramaic Jewish religious poetry; Translations into English; History and criticism; Fasts and feasts; Poetry; Judaism
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.