Isaac Ibn Khalfun

A Wandering Hebrew Poet of the Eleventh Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-12415-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

Reihe: Hebrew Language and Literature Series

A unique figure in medieval Jewish history, Isaac ibn Khalfun was a professional poet during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry in Spain. Like the Arabic poets of his day, Ibn Khalfun wandered throughout the Mediterranean east in search of wealthy patrons, writing panegyrics for those who complied, and witty, often pointed requests for payment from those who did not. His poems, which were not rediscovered until the twentieth century, are as fascinating for their literary quality as for the light which they shed on medieval Jewish society in the lands of Islam.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brener, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Brener, Ph.D. (1999) Cornell University, is currently Assistant Professor of Hebrew Literature and Language at Queens College in New York.