| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 271, 124 pages) |
| Series |
Studia Judaica, Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums ; Bd. 42 |
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Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 42.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter; Table of Contents; 1 Ashkenazic Piyyut Commentary; 2 Commentators and Compilers; 3 Linguistic Glosses; 4 Intertextual References; 5 Medieval Elements in Piyyut Commentary; 6 Poets and Poetics in Piyyut Commentary; 7 Methods of Compilation; 8 Models of Compilation: Structure and Intention; 9 Conclusions, Questions, and Perspectives; Backmatter |
| Summary |
In medieval Ashkenaz piyyut commentary was a popular genre that consisted of?open texts? that continued to be edited by almost each copyist. Although some early commentators can be identified, it is mainly compilers that are responsible for the transmitted form of text. Based on an ample corpus of Ashkenazic commentaries the study provides a taxonomy of commentary elements, including linguistic explanations, treatment of hypotexts, and medieval elements, and describes their use by different commentators and compilers. It also analyses the main techniques of compilation and the various ways th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index |
| Notes |
German and Hebrew |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Piyutim -- History and criticism
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Hebrew poetry, Medieval -- Germany -- History and criticism
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Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- Germany -- History and criticism
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Judaism -- Germany -- History -- To 1500
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RELIGION -- Jewish.
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Hebrew poetry, Medieval
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Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew
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Judaism
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Piyutim
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Germany
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| Genre/Form |
Computer network resources
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007049993 |
| ISBN |
9783110204094 |
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3110204096 |
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3110196646 |
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9783110196641 |
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