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Wine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life
Raymond Scheindlin
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Description for Wine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life
paperback. The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context. Num Pages: 216 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature that is as richly entertaining today as it was in the twelfth century. Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each followed by commentary that explains its cultural context.
The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature that is as richly entertaining today as it was in the twelfth century. Scheindlin presents the original Hebrew poetry with his own melodic English translations, each followed by commentary that explains its cultural context.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195129878
SKU
V9780195129878
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99-1
About Raymond Scheindlin
Raymond P. Scheindlin is Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He has served as rabbi at the Kane Street Synagogue, Brooklyn, and as provost of the Seminary.
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