Medieval Hebrew Poetry in Muslim Egypt

The Secular Poetry of the Karaite Poet Moses Ben Abraham Darʿī. Karaite Texts and Studies, Volume 3
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-19130-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 345 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 772 g

Reihe: Études sur le judaïsme médiéval / Karaite Texts and Studies

Moses ben Abraham Dar i, born in Alexandria into a family of Moroccan Jewish immigrants, lived in Egypt in the middle of the twelfth century. Though he visited Damascus and Jerusalem, he spent most of his professional life as a physician and poet in the Karaite community of Fustat-Cairo. This study offers an annotated edition of secular poems taken from the earliest manuscript, NLR Evr. I 802, dated to the fifteenth century. The Hebrew text and Judaeo-Arabic heading of each poem are provided in the original order attested in the manuscript. The introduction to this edition seeks to evaluate Dar i's poetry in the light of the Andalusian-Hebrew poetical tradition and within the context of Hebrew literary activity in the Muslim East.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in medieval Hebrew poetry, Judaeo-Arabic literature, Karaism, and the history of Muslim Egypt.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yeshaya, Joachim J M S

Weitere Mitwirkende

Polliack, Meira

Wechsler, Michael G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Chapter 1 History of Research
Chapter 2 Manuscript Tradition
Chapter 3 History of Fatimid and Ayyubid Egypt
Chapter 4 Moses ben Abraham Dar'i
Chapter 5 Poetics and Poetry
Chapter 6 Secular Genres
Chapter 7 Motifs and Themes
Chapter 8 Language and Style
Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Significance of Moses Dar'i
Chapter 10 Edition: Poems nos. 1-152, on the basis of MS NLR Evr. I 802, with commentary

Über Autor(innen)

Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya, Ph.D. (2009) in Arts, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, is Research Associate (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. His main research interests are in medieval Hebrew poetry, Judaeo-Arabic literature, and Karaite liturgy.