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Between Hebrew and Arabic poetry : studies in Spanish medieval Hebrew poetry /

The basic concept of this book is that in spite of the borrowed Arabic poetical values, medieval Hebrew poetry stubbornly distanced itself from Arabic poetry. The conclusive result of an in-depth comparative examination is that Hebrew poetry combined sele.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tobi, Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Secular Hebrew poetry in Spain as courtly poetry: is it indeed?
  • The secular Hebrew poet as culture hero in the Middle Ages
  • Genres and themes. The land of Israel and the national theme in Hebrew poetry from Sa'adia Gaon to Semuel ha-Nagid
  • The religious element in the war poems of Semuel ha-Nagid and in the Arabic panegyrics in Andalusia
  • Love in Hebrew secular poetry in the setting of medieval Arabic poetry
  • Music and musical instruments in Spanish medieval Hebrew poetry : the poem of Yosef ibn Saddiq (Justo) in praise of Yishaq ibn Barun
  • The chase as an allegory for the wrong and sufferings in the world as found in Tahkemoni by Yehuda Alharizi against the background of Arabic poetry
  • Poetry and wisdom. The beloved woman as a metaphor for divine wisdom in the poems of Selomo ibn Gabirol
  • Selomo ibn Gabirol : he that, from his youth, chose wisdom
  • Body and soul in Spanish Hebrew poetry against the background of Muslim-Arabic culture
  • The Hebrew transcription of Risalat al-Hatimi : a comparative study between sayings attributed to Aristotle and poetic verses attributed to Mutanabbi (Cambridge, T.S., Arabic, 45.2)
  • Arabic rhetoric and poetry in medieval Hebrew poetry. Preliminary study in Hilyat al-Muhadara (HM) by Abu 'Ali Muhammad al-Hatimi : the 'lost' source of Mose ibn Ezra for his Kitab al-Muhadara wa-al-Mudhakara (KMM)
  • Yehuda ha-Levi's Hebrew translations of Aabic poems
  • Criticism of verse. Yehuda ha-Levi's attitude toward Arabic and Hebrew secular poetry and literature in the Kuzari
  • Maimonides' attitude towards secular poetry, secular Arab and Hebrew literature, liturgical poetry, and towards their cultural environment
  • Sem Tov ibn Falaqera's critique of poetry.