Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter deals with two poems of Qillir for Passover, with focus on the final sub-genre of the Qedushta, called a Silluq, or concluding liturgical oration. The Silluq genre it its early iterations served as a brief bridge to the final doxology of the angels, and prelude to the final blessing of the prayer. With Qillir, this genre becomes a monumental liturgical recitation of independent value, with summaries of the prior topics of the Qedushta and added theological and literary units or features. The first example deals with a Silluq type for the first day of Passover, but also extends beyond the servitude of Israel to treat the final punishment of the Egyptians and redemption of Israel. The example exhibits different sub-genres and in the process treats various theological topics, especially that dealing with Divine participation in the suffering of Israel. The literary styles and hermeneutics are fully delineated and explicated. In both extent and form this Silluq is a model example of the expanded recitation that has an epic sweep and character. The second example goes further and takes up a monumental epic that uses the analogy with the battle against the Canaanite king Sisera to highlight the defeat of Pharaoh. The theme of Divine participation in Israelite history is further exemplified. The discussion explicates the exegesis involved and its transformation of older homilies into a prosodic epic. The conclusion focuses on stylistics and poetics, on the theology of Divine providence, and on cultural pedagogy.</jats:p>