Uncertainty as a Poetic Principle: A Reading of the Opening Scene in Joseph Ben Zabara’s The Book of Delight

Abstract This article proposes a new reading of the opening scene of Joseph Ben Meir Ibn Zabara’s twelfth century (at the latest: 1209) The Book of Delight . This reading derives from the hypothesis that this art of storytelling is based on a poetic principle of uncertainty, and is therefore associa...

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Главный автор: Einat-Nov, Idit (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill 2021
В: European journal of jewish studies
Год: 2021, Том: 15, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 153-168
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Ibn-Zabârā, Yôsēf Ben-Mē'îr 1140-, Sefer shaʿashuʿim / Небезопасность (Мотив)
Индексация IxTheo:BH Иудаизм
Другие ключевые слова:B The Book of Delight
B Uncertainty
B the uncanny
B Joseph Ben Meir Ibn Zabara
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Итог:Abstract This article proposes a new reading of the opening scene of Joseph Ben Meir Ibn Zabara’s twelfth century (at the latest: 1209) The Book of Delight . This reading derives from the hypothesis that this art of storytelling is based on a poetic principle of uncertainty, and is therefore associated with the various forms of the ambiguous and the ambivalent (the grotesque, the uncanny, the ironic, etc.). As I have argued elsewhere about other rhymed Hebrew stories, this approach is appropriate, in my view, to the character of some of the most fascinating rhymed stories produced in medieval Hebrew literature. In the present study I suggest yet another demonstration of the poetic benefit that can accrue from the adoption of this approach.
ISSN:1872-471X
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-BJA10018