Piyyut and Midrash: Form, Genre, and History

by Tzvi Novick

Novick studies the relationship between rabbinic midrash and classical (and to a lesser extent pre-classical) piyyut. The first focuses on features of piyyut that distinguish it, at least prima facie, from rabbinic midrash: its performative character, its formal constraints, and its character as prayer. The second part considers midrash and piyyut together via an analysis of a narrative form that looms large in both corpora...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525570805
• ISBN13: 9783525570807
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 235 Pages