Judah Halevi and His Circle of Hebrew Poets in Granada

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14709-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 483 g

Reihe: Hebrew Language and Literature Series

Perhaps the greatest Hebrew poet since biblical times, Judah Halevi (ca. 1075-1141) is best-known for his “Songs of Zion,” written late in life. But when Halevi first appeared on the stage of history, he was just a young man, incredibly talented - and completely unknown. This study focuses on Halevi’s earliest period of creativity within a circle of Hebrew poets centering on the Muslim city-kingdom of Granada. Part One examines the lure of Muslim Spain for an up-and-coming young poet and the poems paving his way thither; Part Two, the social setting in which this circle of poets flourished and the dynamics behind many of its poems. A number of poems are brought in translation, many for the first time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brener, Ann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Brener, Ph.D. (1999) in Hebrew Literature, Cornell University, is Assistant Professor of Medieval Hebrew Poetry at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. She is also the author of Isaac ibn Khalfun: A Wandering Hebrew Poet of the Eleventh Century (Brill, 2003).