Beguiling guidance : Zechariah Alḍāhirī's Sefer hamusar, a Hebrew maqāma from 16th-century Yemen / by Adena Tanenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tanenbaum, Adena, Author.

Series:

Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval, 0169-815X ; volume 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alts'ahri, Yiḥya ben Seʻadyah, approximately 1505-approximately 1583. Sefer ha-musar.

Alts'ahri, Yiḥya ben Seʻadyah.

Maqamah, Hebrew.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Sefer hamusar

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"The only Hebrew picaresque maqama from Yemen, Sefer hamusar captivates its readers with trickster tales of wandering and adventure while offering moral guidance and a spiritual ascent via kabbalistic study. In Beguiling Guidance, Adena Tanenbaum explores these tensions, along with the literary, social-historical, philosophical, and kabbalistic aspects of Sefer hamusar, and situates the work in its broader 16th-century framework. Applying a fresh reading, she analyzes Aldahiri's maqama as a rich repository of intellectual history; treats his travel narratives as composites of fiction and fact; and uncovers the cultural assumptions and self-definitions underlying his representations of Muslims, which she shows to be far more variegated and nuanced than previously acknowledged. Beguiling Guidance should appeal to readers interested in transregional cultural exchange and the diffusion of texts; pre-modern fiction and travel writing; and Muslim-Jewish power relations in the late medieval/early modern Middle East. It also serves as an introduction to the vibrant culture of a Jewish community that traced its presence in South Arabia back to antiquity"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Tanenbaum, Adena Beguiling guidance

ISBN:

9789004733794

9004733795

OCLC:

1496476318

Publisher Number:

CIPO000251161