SHEPHATIAH BEN AMITTAI — (d. 886 C.E.), paytan and spiritual leader. Shephatiah lived in Oria in southern Italy. When abu aaron came to Italy in the mid ninth century, he passed on to Shephatiah secrets of practical Kabbalah which the latter was to use in performing… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AMITTAI BEN SHEPHATIAH — (late ninth century), liturgical poet in Oria, S. Italy, grandson of amittai ; he succeeded his father shephatiah as leader of the community in Oria, evidently exercising his authority in an arbitrary manner. Over 30 of Amittai s liturgical poems … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AMITTAI — (c. 800), Hebrew liturgical poet in oria , southern Italy; father of the liturgical poet shephatiah of Oria. According to tradition, the family was exiled to Italy by titus , after the destruction of the Temple. The ahimaaz chronicle describes… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel — Ahimaatz ben Paltiel Aḥimaatz ben Paltiel (en hébreu: אחימעץ בן פלטיאל) est un poète liturgique juif italien (Capoue, 1017 Oria, 1060), auteur d une chronique familiale, abondamment utilisée comme source pour la période qu il décrit (de 850 jusqu … Wikipédia en Français
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel — ( he. אחימעץ בן פלטיאל) was an Italian Jewish liturgical poet and author of a family chronicle. He was born in Capua, Italy, in 1017 and died about 1060 in Oria. Very little is known about his life. He came of a family some of whose members are… … Wikipedia
Ahimaatz ben Paltiel — Aḥimaatz ben Paltiel (en hébreu: אחימעץ בן פלטיאל) est un poète liturgique juif italien (Capoue, 1017 Oria, 1060), auteur d une chronique familiale, abondamment utilisée comme source pour la période qu il décrit (de 850 jusqu à la date de la… … Wikipédia en Français
Amittai ben Shephatiah — (fl. 9th cent.) Italian Hebrew liturgical poet. Several of his poems were incorpo rated into the Italian and Ashkenazi liturgies. His poems contain references to contemporary Jewish persecutions and Jewish Christian disputations … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
AHIMAAZ BEN PALTIEL — (b. 1017), chronicler and poet of Capua, south Italy. In 1054 when he removed to Oria, the place of origin of his family, he compiled Megillat Yuḥasin ( The Scroll of Genealogies ), also known as Megillat Aḥima aẓ ( The Ahimaaz Scroll or the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
