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Piyyut Commentary in Medieval Ashkenaz
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Piyyut Commentary in Medieval Ashkenaz

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series Studia Judaica
ISBN-10 3110196646
ISBN-13 9783110196641
Publisher De Gruyter
Imprint De Gruyter
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jan 16th, 2008
Print length 408 Pages
Weight 706 grams
Ksh 34,550.00
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After World War II, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (1921–2007) published works in English and German by eminent Israeli scholars, in this way introducing them to a wider audience in Europe and North America. The series he founded for that purpose, Studia Judaica, continues to offer a platform for scholarly studies and editions that cover all eras in the history of the Jewish religion.

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 they were employed by compilers. Different types of commentaries are described that target diverse audiences by using varied sets of commentary elements and compilatory techniques. Several commentaries are edited to illustrate the different commentary types.

"[...] Hollender''s book, as well as her growing body of work in general, is a serious contribution to the study of piyyut commentary and is sure to serve as a touchstone in what one hopes will be numerous studies that it brings in its wake."
Michael Rand in: European Journal of Jewish Studies 2/2009<

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