Medieval Hebrew poetry in Muslim Egypt : the secular poetry of the Karaite poet Moses ben Abraham Darʻī / edited by Joachim J.M.S. Yeshaya.

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Yeshaya, Joachim J. M. S

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TextLanguage: English, Hebrew Original language: Hebrew Language: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Karaite texts and studies ; v. 3. | Etudes sur le judaïsme médiéval ; t. 44.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 345 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9789004191846
9004191844

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Darʻī, Moses ben Abraham, active 12th century-13th century. Poems. English & Hebrew

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medieval Hebrew poetry in Muslim Egypt.DDC classification:

892.4/12 22

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PJ5050.D34 Z75 2011eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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

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

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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.

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