Authors of piyyut are known as paytanim (singular: paytan). Piyyut is Jewish liturgical poetry, in Hebrew or occasionally Aramaic.

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.[1]

Pre-classical Palestine

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(up to the 5th century CE)

Classical Palestine

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(6th to mid-8th centuries CE)

Post-classical Palestine and the Middle East

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(mid-8th to 15th centuries CE)

Apulia (Southern Italy)

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Lombardy

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Post-Spanish piyyut

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Notes

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  1. ^ Fleischer, Hebrew Liturgical Poetry in the Middle Ages (Hebrew), Keter Publishing House: Jerusalem, 1975. (Hereafter: Shirat Ha-qodesh.) [page needed]
  2. ^ Shulamit Elizur, Rabbi Jehuda Berabbi Binjaminis: Carmina Cuncta (Hebrew), Mekize Nirdamim:Jerusalem, 1988. p. 77
  3. ^ "Baynes, T. S., ed. (1875–1889). "Avicebron" . Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons." in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. 1878.

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