Authors of piyyut are known as paytanim (singular: paytan). Piyyut is Jewish liturgical poetry, in Hebrew or occasionally Aramaic.
Contents
- Pre classical Palestine
- Classical Palestine
- Post classical Palestine and the Middle East
- Apulia Southern Italy
- Lombardy
- Iberian Peninsula the Spanish period
- Post Spanish piyyut
- References
The earliest authors of piyyut did not sign their names in acrostics, nor do manuscripts preserve their names. The earliest paytan whose name is known is Yosé ben Yosé, usually dated to fifth-century Palestine; he did not sign his name in his work, but copyists of manuscripts preserved it along with his work. Starting in the sixth century, paytanim began to sign their work.
Pre-classical Palestine
(up to the 5th century CE)
Classical Palestine
(6th to mid-8th centuries CE)
Post-classical Palestine and the Middle East
(mid-8th to 13th centuries CE)
Apulia (Southern Italy)
Lombardy
Iberian Peninsula - the Spanish period
Post-Spanish piyyut
References
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