Download or read book The Religious Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli written by Wout J. van Bekkum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the reader with a fascinating collection of hymns composed by El‘azar the Babylonian, an Arab-Jewish poet who is active in Baghdad during the first half of the 13th century. His religious oeuvre consists of dozens of hymns, coming down to us from the treasures of the Cairo Genizah and the Firkovicz Collections. His compositions provide a cross-section of genres and liturgical destinations. El‘azar’s devotional hymnology is characterised by a striking spiritual tendency which reveals his familiarity with contemporary Sufism in both Muslim and Jewish circles.