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- catalog abstract ""This anthology brings to English-language readers for the first time the riches of the Judeo-Persian literary tradition. The collection represents a variety of writings produced by the Jewish community of Iran - perhaps the oldest continuous diaspora community in the world. Vera Basch Moreen has gathered texts written between the eighth and nineteenth centuries, including fragments of early documents, verse renditions of biblical books, prayers, religious poetry, secular poetry, commentaries, and historical chronicles. Most of the translations have been made by Moreen specifically for this anthology. Extensive notes accompany each selection to clarify its meaning in Jewish and Islamic history and legend."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11692615.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""This anthology brings to English-language readers for the first time the riches of the Judeo-Persian literary tradition. The collection represents a variety of writings produced by the Jewish community of Iran - perhaps the oldest continuous diaspora community in the world. Vera Basch Moreen has gathered texts written between the eighth and nineteenth centuries, including fragments of early documents, verse renditions of biblical books, prayers, religious poetry, secular poetry, commentaries, and historical chronicles. Most of the translations have been made by Moreen specifically for this anthology. Extensive notes accompany each selection to clarify its meaning in Jewish and Islamic history and legend."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. Earliest Judeo-Persian texts. -- 2. Biblical epics. -- 3. An Apocryphal epic: ʻImrānī's Ḥanukkah-nāmab (The book of Ḥanukkah). -- 4. Didactic poetry: Yehudah b. David's Makbzan al-pand (The treasury of advice). -- 6. Biblical commentaries. -- 7. Religious festivals in sermon, commentary, and poetry. -- 8. Historical texts. -- 9. Polemics and philosophy. -- 10. Mysticism. -- 11. Religious poems. -- 12. Panegyrics, lyrical poems, quatrains.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-388) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 392 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0300079052 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale Judaica series ; v. 30".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng jpr".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,".
- catalog subject "892.4/08089155 21".
- catalog subject "Bible. Old Testament History of Biblical events Poetry.".
- catalog subject "Jewish religious poetry, Judeo-Persian Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Judeo-Persian literature Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "PJ5089 .I5 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Earliest Judeo-Persian texts. -- 2. Biblical epics. -- 3. An Apocryphal epic: ʻImrānī's Ḥanukkah-nāmab (The book of Ḥanukkah). -- 4. Didactic poetry: Yehudah b. David's Makbzan al-pand (The treasury of advice). -- 6. Biblical commentaries. -- 7. Religious festivals in sermon, commentary, and poetry. -- 8. Historical texts. -- 9. Polemics and philosophy. -- 10. Mysticism. -- 11. Religious poems. -- 12. Panegyrics, lyrical poems, quatrains.".
- catalog title "In Queen Esther's garden : an anthology of Judeo-Persian literature / translated and with an introduction and notes by Vera Basch Moreen.".
- catalog type "Jewish religious poetry, Judeo-Persian Translations into English.".
- catalog type "Judeo-Persian literature Translations into English.".
- catalog type "text".