Proximity and distance : medieval Hebrew and Arabic poetry / by Yosef Tobi ; translated from the Hebrew by Murray Rosovsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobi, Joseph.

Series:

Etudes sur le judaisme medieval ; t. 27.

Etudes sur le judaisme medieval, 0169-815X ; t. 27

Standardized Title:

Ḳeruv u-deḥiyah. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew poetry, Medieval--Spain--History and criticism.

Hebrew poetry, Medieval.

Hebrew poetry, Medieval--Middle East--History and criticism.

Hebrew poetry, Medieval--Arab influences.

Arabic poetry--History and criticism.

Arabic poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 407 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first steps in Hebrew secular poetry took place around the turn of the ninth century, under the impact of contemporary Arabic poetry. This impact was so great that some researchers, incorrectly, define the Hebrew poetry as a school which is distinct from the Arabic school only by virtue of its Hebrew language. However, the right way to the essence of medieval Hebrew poetry is not only by revealing and describing its ties with Arabic poetry but also by determining the specific characteristics by which it stubbornly distinguished itself from its Arabic contemporaries. This innovative critical approach is the central feature of this book.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

Preface

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One: Research on the Affinity of Hebrew Poetry to Arabic Poetry in the Middle Ages

PART ONE: THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTACTS IN THE EAST

Chapter Two: The Encounter of Hebrew and Arabic Poetry in the East in the Tenth&amp

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Twelfth Centuries

Chapter Three: Sa'adia and Arabic Poetry: Philosophical Culture and Philosophical Poetry

Chapter Four: Sa'adia's Poetics: Old Wine in a New Bottle

PART TWO: HEBREW SECULAR POETRY IN SPAIN

Chapter Five: Hebrew Poetry and Arabic Poetry in Spain: Similarity and Distinctiveness

Chapter Six: Philosophy in Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Poetry in Spain

Chapter Seven: Medieval Hebrew Secular Poetry: Pagan Ideas Versus the Tenets of Judaism

Chapter Eight: The Poetry of Sh&amp

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muel Ha-Nagid against the Background of Arabic Poetry of Self-Praise

PART THREE: THE POETICS OF HEBREW POETRY IN SPAIN

Chapter Nine: Metaphor in Hebrew Medieval Poetry

Chapter Ten: Modifications of Language and of Metre in Hebrew Medieval Poetry Compared with dar&amp

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rat al-shi'r, zih&amp

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f&amp

t, and 'ilal in Medieval Arabic Poetry

Chapter Eleven: The Source of Alhar&amp

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z&amp

's t&amp

na'e ha-shi'r (Conditions of Poetry) in 'am&amp

d al-shi'r of Arabic Poetry

Chapter Twelve: Aristotle's Poetics in Medieval Jewish Literature

APPENDICES

Appendix One: The Proverb Writer Sa'&amp

d B. B&amp

bsh&amp

d: A Tenth-Century Eastern Hebrew Poet

Appendix Two: Sh&amp

lomo b. Gabirol and Bahye b. Paq&amp

da: Philosophical Ideas in Spanish Liturgical Poetry

Appendix Three: A Poem by the Jewish Apostate to Islam Abraham B. Sahl?

Bibliography

Indices

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-395) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-91498-X

9786610914982

90-474-0512-9

1-4294-1481-2

OCLC:

191953399

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405122 DOI