Exegesis and Poetry in Medieval Karaite and Rabbanite Texts : Karaite Texts and Studies Volume 9

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Title: Exegesis and Poetry in Medieval Karaite and Rabbanite Texts : Karaite Texts and Studies Volume 9
Description: This collection of essays offers an inquiry into the complex interaction between exegesis and poetry that characterized medieval and early modern Karaite and Rabbanite treatment of the Bible in the Islamic world, the Byzantine Empire, and Christian Europe. Discussing a variety of topics that are usually associated with either exegesis or poetry in conjunction with the two fields, the authors analyze a wide array of interactions between biblical sources and their interpretive layers, whether in prose exegesis or in multiple forms of poetry and rhymed prose. Of particular relevance are mechanisms for the production and transmission of exegetical traditions, including the participation of Jewish poets in these processes, an issue that serves as a leitmotif throughout this collection.
Authors: Joachim Yeshaya, Elisabeth Hollender
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Hebrew poetry, Medieval--History and criticism
Categories: RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), POETRY / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Devotional, RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings
Database: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:This collection of essays offers an inquiry into the complex interaction between exegesis and poetry that characterized medieval and early modern Karaite and Rabbanite treatment of the Bible in the Islamic world, the Byzantine Empire, and Christian Europe. Discussing a variety of topics that are usually associated with either exegesis or poetry in conjunction with the two fields, the authors analyze a wide array of interactions between biblical sources and their interpretive layers, whether in prose exegesis or in multiple forms of poetry and rhymed prose. Of particular relevance are mechanisms for the production and transmission of exegetical traditions, including the participation of Jewish poets in these processes, an issue that serves as a leitmotif throughout this collection.
ISBN:9789004335110
9789004334786