KARAITE HEBREW POETRY AND POETICS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
KARAITE HEBREW POETRY AND POETICS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
Author(s): Riikka TuoriSubject(s): Jewish studies, Studies of Literature, 16th Century, 17th Century
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Karaims; Karaites; Hebrew poetry; Karaite Hebrew poetry; Andalusian Hebrew prosody; Poland–Lithuania;
Summary/Abstract: Hebrew was the main language of the early modern Karaim culture. Nearly all Polish–Lithuanian Karaim scholars wrote poetry in Hebrew for various occasions celebrating the Karaim cycle of life: for Sabbaths and festivals, for weddings and circumcisions, or as eulogies for a fellow scholar. Their poems cover exegetical, philosophical, and mystical topics from a Karaim point of view and contain historical details about Karaim life in Eastern Europe. Karaim Hebrew poets followed the footsteps of earlier Karaite generations: Byzantine Karaite poetry, emulating the Andalusian standards of poetics and familiarised through shared literary sources, served as their main literary model.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 68/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 229-239
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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