OHEV BEN MEIR HA-NASI

OHEV BEN MEIR HA-NASI: OHEV BEN MEIR HA-NASI (late 11th–early 12th century), liturgical poet in Spain. abraham ibn daud mentions him in his Sefer ha-Kabbalah (ed. G.D. Cohen (1967), 73, 102) together with the poet moses ibn Ezra, and refers to him by his Arabic name Ibn Shortmeqas. Three of Ohev's piyyutim were published in Ḥizzunim (Constantinople, 1585), a collection of piyyutim which were recited in the rite of the "Westerners" who lived in Sicily. One of these, the ofan "Erelim ve-Ḥashmalim" (i.e., various kinds of angels) resembles in several details the famous piyyut "Malakhim mamlikhim" ("The Angels Enthrone") of Moses Ibn Ezra. One of his piyyutim on the Ten Commandments was discovered in the cairo genizah and published by J. Schirmann. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. Schirmann, in: YMḤSI, 4 (1938), 277–82; 6 (1945), 332–6; Schirmann, Sefarad, 1 (19612), 327f.; Davidson, Oẓar, 4 (1933), 360; M. Zulay, in: Sinai, 25 (1949), 47–49.

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PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism

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