Medieval Hebrew poetry in Muslim Egypt : the secular poetry of the Karaite poet Moses ben Abraham Darʻī /

Medieval Hebrew poetry in Muslim Egypt : the secular poetry of the Karaite poet Moses ben Abraham Darʻī / edited by Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages) - Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval, v. 44 0169-815X ; Karaite texts and studies ; v. 3 . - Karaite texts and studies ; v. 3. Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 44. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and index.

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Transliteration of Arabic; Transliteration of Hebrew; Introduction; Chapter One History of Research; Chapter Two Manuscript Tradition; Chapter Three History of Fat?imid and Ayyubid Egypt; Chapter Four Moses ben Abraham Dar'i; Chapter Five Poetics and Poetry; Chapter Six Secular Genres; Chapter Seven Motifs and Themes; Chapter Eight Language and Style; Chapter Nine The Significance of Moses Dar'i; Chapter Ten Edition: Poems Nos. 1-152, on the Basis of MS NLR Evr. I 802, with Commentary; Alphabetical List of Poems Nos. 1-152.

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 Da.


In English and Hebrew; poems in Hebrew with English summaries and commentary in English.

9789004191846 (electronic bk.) 9004191844 (electronic bk.)

10.1163/ej.9789004191303.i-346 doi


Darʻī, Moses ben Abraham, active 12th century-13th century --Criticism and interpretation.
Darʻī, Moses ben Abraham, active 12th century-13th century


Hebrew poetry, Medieval--History and criticism.--Egypt
Poésie hébraïque médiévale--Histoire et critique.--Égypte
LITERARY CRITICISM--Jewish.
Hebrew poetry, Medieval.


Egypt.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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