The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the SoulFrom 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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| Title | The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul |
| Author | Raymond P. Scheindlin |
| Editor | Raymond P. Scheindlin |
| Translated by | Raymond P. Scheindlin |
| Compiled by | Raymond P. Scheindlin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0195129881, 9780195129885 |
| Length | 274 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Jewish Literary Criticism / Medieval Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors) |
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