Perek Shira: Quick Overview

Slide with the words: Perek Shira, Verses of Song, The Song of Creation, Nature's Song. An extended hymn where elements of the created world sing verses from Psalms and other Hebrew Bible books + a devotional introduction. Author unknown. Earliest citation 10th century Jerusalem. Earliest commentary 13th century Venice. Esoteric--so sparse, can we discover the author's intent? Or a meaning fo us? Which spiritual and literary tools help us find our way in? Also an image of an old illuminated manuscript of Perek Shira