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- Title
Akdamut: History, Folklore, and Meaning.
- Authors
Hoffman, Jeffrey
- Abstract
The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "Akdamut," by Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak. It explores the history, meaning and folklore tales of the poem. It also offers a study of a Yiddish folktale against its historical background that will help to explain the popularity and longevity of a lengthy Aramaic liturgical poem.Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak of Worms, Germany.
- Subjects
AKDAMUT (Poem); MEIR ben Isaac Sheliah Zibbur, d. ca. 1096; RELIGIOUS poetry; FOLKLORE &; history
- Publication
Jewish Quarterly Review, 2009, Vol 99, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
0021-6682
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/jqr.0.0042