Yannai (Payetan)
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title:
Yannai (Payetan)
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Yannai was an important payyetan who lived in the late fifth-early sixth century in the Galilee in Israel. Sometimes referred to as the "father of piyyut," his poetry marks the beginning of the Classical Period of piyyut that ranged from the fifth-eighth centuries. He was the first poet of piyyut to sign his name in an acrostic, to use end-rhyme, and to write for weekly services. According to Laura Lieber, the liturgical form most associated with Yannai is the qedushta, which embellishes the fir
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Byzantine Galilee payyetan; late fifth-early sixth century
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannai_(Payetan)
date created:
2009-10-25T11:58:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T18:45:20Z
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