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The Innkeeper’s Love Song
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O you paragon of glory and grace, listen to the call of Papos and his cry! He is bellowing like a bull, braying at you like a donkey, for you are his cow and his she-ass. His heart is already parched…

Contributor:

Immanuel Frances

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Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Women, Love, Sexuality, Music, Humor

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Introduction: Salamone de Rossi’s Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)
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May the language of truth be established forever, or as the poet …

Contributor:

Leone Modena

Places:

Venice, Venice (Venice, Italy)

Date:

1622/23

Subjects:

Music, Poetry, Poets, Family, Mourning

Categories:

Literature, Music, Poetry
Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomoh (The Songs of Solomon)
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Salamone de Rossi

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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1622/23

Subjects:

Music, Poetry, Bible, Holidays, Christian-Jewish relations

Categories:

Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Printed page of Hebrew text with columns and elaborate lintel above arched doorway.
Shirat ha-yam (The Song at the Sea)
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Then did Moses and the Children of Israel sing this song (Exodus 15:1). Before we explain the words of this song, it is appropriate to clarify its poetic structure. I maintain that we, the Israelite…

Contributor:

Isaac Abravanel

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Date:

Early 16th Century

Subjects:

Poetry, Music, Bible, Diaspora, Poets

Categories:

Language & Linguistics, Poetry, Biblical Poetry