Bayt (“House”) as “Strophe” in Hebrew, Byzantine and Near Eastern Poetry

Bayt (“House”) as “Strophe” in Hebrew, Byzantine and Near Eastern PoetryLe MuséonSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EY9C997E/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.CyrilAslanovBayt (“House”) as “Strophe” in Hebrew, Byzantine and Near Eastern Poetryhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/EY9C997Ehttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/EY9C997Ehttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/EY9C997ELe Muséon121:3-42008297-310Since the use of οiκος in the lore of Byzantine hymnography is a clear innovation with respect to the legacy of classical Greek poetry, it probably draws its origin from elsewhere. It is most likely a literal translation of the Syriac term. Thus the purpose of this paper is not only to discard the opinion according to which the prosodic use of Hebrew bayt did not exist before it was used as referring to the verse in the Andalusi school of medieval poetry. One has also to ask whether the Hebrew term has been borrowed directly from the Syriac prosodic terminology or through the mediation of Greek. In order to elucidate this point, I would like to examine the semantic implications of the metaphoric use of the word house with the meaning of 'strophe', as it can be reconstructed from the context of early Byzantine Near East. This archeological inquiry in the common linguistic horizon of Jews, Syrians and Greeks in Late Antiquity/ High Middle Ages could help recontextualize the classical moment of Palestinian Piyyut and to view it as a specifically Jewish reinterpretation of the esthetic that prevailed in the Byzantine provinces of Syria and Palestine before the Arab conquests. Aslanov, Cyril. “Bayt (‘House’) as ‘Strophe’ in Hebrew, Byzantine and Near Eastern Poetry.” Le Muséon 121:3-4 (2008): 297–310. Cyril Aslanov, Bayt (‘House’) as ‘Strophe’ in Hebrew, Byzantine and Near Eastern Poetry,” Le Muséon 121:3-4 (2008): 297–310.Syriac influence [Byzantine church]hymnographypoeticspoetry