Avodah: Ancient Poems for Yom Kippur

Author:   Michael D. Swartz (Professor of Hebrew) ,  Joseph Yahalom (Professor of Hebrew Literature)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
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9780271058542


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 November 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael D. Swartz (Professor of Hebrew) ,  Joseph Yahalom (Professor of Hebrew Literature)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780271058542


ISBN 10:   0271058544
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Contents Preface Introduction 1. Atah Barata 2. Shivcat Yamim 3. Atah Konanta cOlam Me-Rosh 4. Az be-’En Kol 5. Azkir Gevurot Elohah 6. Atah Konanta cOlam be-Rov çesed 7. Emet Mah Nehedar 8. En Lanu Kohen Gadol Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. --Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review


Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review


Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. --M. Butovsky, Choice Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. --Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. M. Butovsky, Choice Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. --M. Butovsky, Choice Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. --Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. M. Butovsky, Choice Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. --Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. M. Butovsky, Choice Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. --M. Butovsky, Choice


Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. --M. Butovsky, Choice


“Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals.” —Laurance Wieder Books and Culture: A Christian Review “Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids.” —M. Butovsky Choice


Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. -M. Butovsky, Choice Michael D. Swartz and Joseph Yahalom, the editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summarizing the scriptural, historical, linguistic, artistic, and hermeneutic traditions that resonate in the Hebrew originals. -Laurance Wieder, Books and Culture: A Christian Review


<p> Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. <p>--M. Butovsky, Choice


Swartz and Yahalom have produced a clear, readable version complete with excellent bibliographic aids. </p> M. Butovsky, <em>Choice</em></p>


Author Information

Michael D. Swartz is Professor of Hebrew and Religious Studies at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Mystical Prayer in Ancient Judaism: An Analysis of Ma'aseh Merkavah (1992) and Scholastic Magic: Ritual and Revelation in Early Jewish Mysticism (1996). Joseph Yahalom is Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is regarded as one of the foremost experts on Hebrew liturgical poetry and has written several books on the subject, including Palestinian Vocalised Piyyut Manuscripts in the Cambridge Genizah Collections (1997).

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