Piyyut commentary in medieval Ashkenaz /

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Author / Creator:	Hollender, Elisabeth, 1965-
Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 271, 124 pages).
Language:	English German Hebrew
Series:	Studia Judaica, Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums ; Bd. 42 Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 42.
Subject:	Piyutim -- History and criticism. Hebrew poetry, Medieval -- Germany -- History and criticism. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew -- Germany -- History and criticism. Judaism -- Germany -- History -- To 1500. Hebrew poetry, Medieval. Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew. Judaism. Piyutim. Germany. Electronic books. Computer network resources. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11203349

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ISBN:	9783110204094 3110204096 3110196646 9783110196641 9783110196641
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index. German and Hebrew. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Hollender, Elisabeth, 1965- Piyyut commentary in medieval Ashkenaz. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2008
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783110204094.

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