 | Bulgaria's Synagogue Poets Critical Edition with introduction and commentary by Leon J. Weinberger This is the first in-depth study of three 11th- to 12th-century poets from Balkan Byzantium. Included are all of the known works by Moses b. Hiyya, Joseph b. Jacob Qalai, and Isaac b. Judah, collected from rare manuscripts and printed editions and from Geniza collections at Oxford and Cambridge. These works provide the evidence that the Balkan synagogue poets favored distinctive literary forms even as they show the strong influence of the Hispanic-Hebrew writers. Completing the volume are indexes of rabbinic, Aramaic, and payyetanic usages and tables of metonymical terms.Published by the Hebrew Union College Press, distributed by The University of Alabama Press. Leon Weinberger (1926-2011) served as the Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for 25 years. He joined the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama in 1964 and taught at the University until 1999 when he retired. Prior to his retirement, he served as University Research Professor and the General Editor of the Judaic Studies Series of the University of Alabama Press. He also was the recipient of The Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award and The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. |
