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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主要作者: Einat-Nov, Idit (Author)
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語言:English
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出版: Brill 2021
In: European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2021, 卷: 15, 發布: 1, Pages: 153-168
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ibn-Zabârā, Yôsēf Ben-Mē'îr 1140-, Sefer shaʿashuʿim / 不安全 (紋樣)
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
Further subjects:B The Book of Delight
B Uncertainty
B the uncanny
B Joseph Ben Meir Ibn Zabara
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總結: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
Contains:Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-BJA10018