Theology and poetry: Studies in the medieval piyyut (Littman library of Jewish civilization) - Hardcover

Petuchowski, Jakob Josef

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0710083343 ISBN 13: 9780710083340

Publisher: Routledge and K. Paul, 1977

Synopsis

This volume provides texts and English translations, with commentary, of Hebrew liturgical poems from the 6th to the 14th century. The poems, emanating from different Jewish communities, often express personal as well as traditional theological views.

About this title

Book Description:

This reprint edition is an indispensible introduction to piyyut (medieval liturgical poetry) for all students of Jewish thought and culture.

About the Author:

Rabbi Jakob J. Petuchowski, PhD (z"l) (1925 1991) was raised in Berlin, the grandson of an Orthodox rabbi and a member of an Orthodox community until age fourteen, when he escaped the Nazis on one of the last transports rescuing Jewish children. After a brief stay in England, he moved to the United States, and attended the Hebrew Union College, where he was ordained, earned a PhD and served as faculty member instructing generations of students in liturgy, rabbinics, and theology. He wrote or edited over thirty books, including the classic treatment of prayer book reform in Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge and K. Paul
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0710083343
• ISBN 13: 9780710083340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 153