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The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, & the Soul

The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, & the Soul

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ISBN10: 0195129881
ISBN13: 9780195129885
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 12 1999
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.11 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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.

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