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Chapter 24 - Piyyuṭ

from Part III - Spiritual and Intellectual History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2021

By
Tova Beeri
Edited by
Phillip I. Lieberman
Phillip I. Lieberman
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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Summary

Piyyuṭ (pl. piyyuṭim) is the Hebrew term for liturgical poetry that embellishes the public recitation of the statutory prayers recited in the synagogue by the precentor (ḥazzan). As a substitute for most of the fixed versions of the obligatory prayers (except for the berakhot), its function was to introduce variety, in this case through artistic poetic expression, to the established, statutory prayers.

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The Cambridge History of Judaism , pp. 780 - 795
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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