Description: With Jewish Hymnography, Leon J. Wienberger offers the first systematic study and history of the Jewish liturgical repertoire since 1865. '
Brief description: Leon J. Weinberger was University Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama, and winner of the 1995 Friedman Prize of the Histadrut Ivrit of America for contributions to Hebrew literature and culture. He died in 2011.
Review Quotes:
'He deserves our deepest gratitude for producing the first introduction to piyyut in English and including many fragments of poems that have never previously been anthologized . . . for the English-reading audience, this book will show the great value of Hebrew liturgical poetry for the study of Jewish religion and culture.'
- W. J. van Bekkum, Journal of Jewish Studies