Perceptions of Epidemics in Hebrew Poetry
Published: 18 February 2023
'Perceptions of Epidemics in Hebrew Poetry' Thursday, 18 February 2021, 14:00 GMT
PERCEPTIONS OF EPIDEMICS IN HEBREW POETRY
From Biblical Antiquity to Early Modernity By Yehoshua Granat (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 14:00 GMT
The lecture will examine the ways in which epidemics are perceived in Hebrew poetic texts: from descriptions of plague as divine punishment, or demonic threat, in biblical Psalms, to the religious yet strikingly naturalistic attitude of a Hebrew poet from Padua who experienced the Italian Plague of 1629–1633.
Dr Yehoshua Granat is a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; his main fields of research are Hebrew poetry of Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern Period.
Perceptions of Epidemics in Hebrew Poetry
First published: 18 February 2023