Proximity and Distance: Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Poetry. Translated from the Hebrew

Tobi, Yosef (author); Murray Rosovsky (translator)

ISBN 10: 900413798X / ISBN 13: 9789004137981

Published by Brill, Leiden, 2004

xi, (1), 407, (3)pp. Indices and 21 page bibliography. Text in English with some Hebrew and Aramaic. Lime green buckram lettered in white. A fine, as new copy. ".The central feature of this book is an innovative critical approach, which understands medieval Hebrew poetry not only by revealing its ties with Arabic poetry but also by determining the specific characteristics by which it stubbornly distinguished itself from Arabic poetry. Annotation 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." (OCLC) 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. (Publisher) 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-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 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?rat al-shi'r, zih?f?t, and 'ilal in Medieval Arabic Poetry.; Chapter Eleven: The Source of Alhar?z?'s t na'e ha-shi'r (Conditions of Poetry) in 'am?d al-shi'r of Arabic Poetry -- Chapter Twelve: Aristotle's Poetics in Medieval Jewish Literature -- APPENDICES -- Appendix One: The Proverb Writer Sa'?d B. B?bsh?d: A Tenth-Century Eastern Hebrew Poet -- Appendix Two: Sh lomo b. Gabirol and Bahye b. Paq?da: Philosophical Ideas in Spanish Liturgical Poetry -- Appendix Three: A Poem by the Jewish Apostate to Islam Abraham B. Sahl? -- Bibliography -- Indices (OCLC) Volume 27 in the Brill series "Etudes sur la Judaisme Medieval." (EJM). Seller Inventory # 52295

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author: Yosef Tobi, Ph.D. (1980) in Hebrew Literature, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, is Professor of Hebrew Medieval Literature at The University of Haifa, Israel. He has published extensively on Medieval Hebrew Poetry, the Jews of Yemen and Judeo-Arabic Literature including The Jews of Yemen: Studies in Their History and Culture (Brill, 1999).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Proximity and Distance: Medieval Hebrew and ...
Publisher: Brill, Leiden
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Edition: First edition.