Models and Contacts : : Arabic Literature and Its Impact on Medieval Jewish Culture.
Medieval Jewish literature from the 10th century onwards drew heavily on Arabic literary models. This important new study first discusses the introduction of fictionality into Classical Arabic Literature, the mechanics of the basic rhyming model in Classical Arabic poetry and the medieval Arabic the...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Series in Jewish Studies |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2000. ©2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Series in Jewish Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
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| Summary: | Medieval Jewish literature from the 10th century onwards drew heavily on Arabic literary models. This important new study first discusses the introduction of fictionality into Classical Arabic Literature, the mechanics of the basic rhyming model in Classical Arabic poetry and the medieval Arabic theory of rhyme. It then analyses the introduction to Arabic literary models into 10th-century Jewish literature, Karaite influences, the roles of Hebrew and Arabic and bilingualism, metrical innovation and literary contacts in later Jewish literary works. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004500928 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |