Between Hebrew and Arabic poetry
Subtitle: studies in Spanish medieval Hebrew poetry
By: by Yosef Tobi
Series: Medieval and Renaissance authors and texts
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9789004184992
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Secular Hebrew poetry in Spain as courtly poetry: is it indeed?; title: The secular Hebrew poet as culture hero in the Middle Ages; title: GENRES AND THEMES. The land of Israel and the national theme in Hebrew poetry from Saadia Gaon to Semuel ha-Nagid; title: The religious element in the war poems of Semuel ha-Nagid  and in the Arabic panegyrics in Andalusia; title: Love in Hebrew secular poetry in the setting of medieval Arabic poetry; title: Music and musical instruments in Spanish medieval Hebrew poetry : the poem of Yosef ibn Addiq (Justo) in praise of Ishaq ibn Barun; title: The chase as an allegory for the wrong and sufferings in the world as found in Takemoni by Yehuda Alarizi against the background of Arabic poetry; title: POETRY AND WISDOM. The beloved woman as a metaphor for divine wisdom in the poems of Selomo ibn Gabirol; title: Selomo ibn Gabirol: he that, from his youth, chose wisdom; title: Body and soul in Spanish Hebrew poetry against the background of Muslim-Arabic culture; title: Aa comparative study between sayings attributed to Aristotle and poetic verses attributed to Mutanabbi; title: ARABIC RHETORIC AND POETRY IN MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY.  Yehuda ha-Levi's Hebrew translations of Aabic poems; title: CRITCISIM OF VERSE. Yehuda ha-Levi's attitude toward Arabic and Hebrew secular  poetry and literature in the Kuzari; title: Maimonides' attitude towards secular poetry, secular Arab and Hebrew literature, liturgical poetry, and towards their cultural environment; title: Sem Tov ibn Falaqera's critique of poetry.