Arabic Didactic Verse and Hebrew Poetry in the Middle East
This article examines the relationship between Arabic didactic verse and Hebrew poetry in the early 10th-century Middle East. Scholars have argued that Arabic didactic verse served as a model for Hebrew poets at the beginning of the 10th century and that, allegedly, this was one of the earliest sign...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Zutot
Year: 2024, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-45 |
| Further subjects: | B
Arabic didactic Verse
B Arabic and Hebrew B Nissi al-Nahrawānī B Saadiah Gaon B Hebrew medieval poetry |
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| Summary: | This article examines the relationship between Arabic didactic verse and Hebrew poetry in the early 10th-century Middle East. Scholars have argued that Arabic didactic verse served as a model for Hebrew poets at the beginning of the 10th century and that, allegedly, this was one of the earliest signs of Arabic poetry’s influence on Hebrew poets. By surveying Arabic didactic verse and two Hebrew poems ostensibly composed following it (the first is commonly attributed to Nissi al-Nahrawānī and the other is by Saadiah Gaon), this article argues that there is no indication of a connection between the Arabic model and Hebrew poetry from this early period. |
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| ISSN: | 1875-0214 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zutot
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18750214-bja10045 |
