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The Gazelle

Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul

Raymond P Scheindlin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:9th Dec '99

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From the tenth century to the thirteenth, the Jews of Spain belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society, a sophisticated culture that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. In this companion volume to Wine, Women, and Death, we see how the surrounding Arabic culture influenced the new poetry that was being written for the synagogue service. The Hebrew poems here, accompanied by elegant English translations and explanatory essays, are short lyrics of the highest literary quality.

ISBN: 9780195129885

Dimensions: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm

Weight: 413g

288 pages