The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
T. Carmi
Penguin Books Ltd, 2006
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Gathers together poetry in Hebrew from "The Song of Deborah" to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives.
- ISBN-13
- 9780140424676
- ISBN-10
- 0140424679
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-06-29
- Pages
- 608
- Dimensions
- 198x131x25
- Weight
- 418