Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Berechja ben Natronai ha-Nakdan — (Berekhia ben Natronai ha Naqdan) war ein jüdischer Fabeldichter im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert, sein Hauptwerk sind die mischle schualim (Fuchsfabeln), 107 Stücke in Reimprosa, die Unterhaltung mit Belehrung verbinden und in der Tradition Äsops… … Deutsch Wikipedia
BERECHIAH — (fourth cent.), Palestinian amora; sometimes referred to in the Midrash as R. Berechiah ha Kohen. His father s name was apparently Ḥiyya (Tanḥ. B. Gen. 60, cf. Lev. R. 31); was a pupil of R … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ENGLISH LITERATURE — Biblical and Hebraic Influences The Bible has generally been found to be congenial to the English spirit. Indeed, the earliest English poetry consists of the seventh century metrical paraphrases of Genesis and Exodus attributed to Caedmon (died c … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Hebrew literature — Jewish culture Visual Arts Visual Arts list … Wikipedia
KI-BUKH — ( Book of Cows ), anonymous 16th century Yiddish fable collection. First mentioned in the mayse bukh (1602) as a morally corrupting book, the collection comprises 35 tales (each accompanied by an explicitly framed moral of the story ), deriving… … 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
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … 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
FABLE — FABLE, an animal tale (according to the most general and hence most widely accepted definition), i.e., a tale in which the characters are animals, and which contains a moral lesson. The genre also includes tales in which plants or inanimate… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction CHILDREN S LITERATURE IN HEBREW early period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
