Download or read book The Religious Poetry of El'azar ben Ya'aqov ha-Bavli written by Wout J. van Bekkum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive edition of Hebrew hymns composed by Eleazar the Babylonian, a prolific composer and scholar who lived in 13th-century Baghdad. His poetic language and style show much affinity with contemporary Sufism.