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Vocabulary of Desire

The Song of Songs in the Early Synagogue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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In A Vocabulary of Desire, Laura Lieber offers a nuanced, multifaceted and highly original study of how the Song of Songs was understood and deployed by Jewish liturgical poets in Late Antiquity (ca. 4th-7th centuries CE). Through her examination of poems which embellish and even rewrite the Song of Songs, Lieber brings the creative spirit-liturgical, intellectual, and exegetical-of these poems vividly to the fore. All who are interested in the early interpretation of the Song of Songs, the ancient synagogue, early Jewish and Christian hymnography, and Judaism in Late Antiquity will find this volume both enriching and accessible.The volume consists of two interrelated halves. In the first section, four introductory essays establish the broad cultural context in which these poems emerged; in the second, each chapter consists of an analytical essay structured around a single, complete poetic cycle, presented in new Hebrew editions with annotated original English translations."The Hebrew text edition is accompanied by a lucid and poetic English translation with annotations and a commentary. In this excellent, scholarly text edition, the commentary is focused and to the point...This reviewer highly recommends this monograph to scholars interested in the early synagogue and its liturgy, late antique and medieval Hebrew poetry, rabbinic Judaism, and early Christianity. The book invites further comparative work in these areas." Rivka B. Ulmer, H-Judaic, H-Net Reviews. May, 2015.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-07-18
Mått155 x 235 x 31 mm
Vikt846 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrill Reference Library of Judaism
Antal sidor450
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004234635

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PrefacePart 1:EssaysChapter 1“A Garden Enclosed”: The Song of Songs as a Gateway to Synagogue PoetryChapter 2“Let Him Kiss Me”: The Place of Piyyut in the History of Interpretation of the SongChapter 3“Your Voice is Sweet”: Piyyut as an Extension of Biblical RhetoricChapter 4“I Am My Beloved’s and His Desire Is for Me”: The World of the SongsPart 2: Texts and CommentaryTranslator’s IntroductionChapter 5A Love Song to the Torah: Anonymous, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim CommentaryChapter 6Lyrics of Love: Yannai, Shivata Shir ha-Shirim CommentaryChapter 7Of Ritual and Reciprocity: Yannai, Qedushta Shir ha-Shirim CommentaryChapter 8The Power of Dew: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, Shivata for Dew CommentaryChapter 9Youthful Love Is Eternal: Eleazar birabbi Qallir, The Groom’s Qedushta CommentaryChapter 10 Like Stars of Light: Eleazar (birabbi Qallir?), Yotzer Shir ha-Shirim CommentaryA Conclusion