Exegesis and Poetry in Medieval Karaite and Rabbanite Texts

Karaite Texts and Studies Volume 9

324 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Lyrik, Poesie
• ISBN: 9789004335110
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.10.2016
• Größe: 244 x 159 mm
• Verlag: Brill