Piyyut commentary in medieval Ashkenaz:
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Main Author: Hollender, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Walter de Gruyter c2008
Series:Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) Bd. 42
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-248) and index
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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 271, 124 p.)
ISBN:3110204096
9783110204094

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