'His pen and ink are a powerful mirror' : Andalusi, Judaeo-Arabic, and other Near Eastern studies in honor of Ross Brann /

'His pen and ink are a powerful mirror' : Andalusi, Judaeo-Arabic, and other Near Eastern studies in honor of Ross Brann /

"'His Pen and Ink are a Powerful Mirror' is a volume of collected essays in honor of Ross Brann, written by his students and friends on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The essays engage with a diverse range of Andalusi and Mediterranean literature, art, and history. Each essay begi...

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Main Author: Pearce, Sarah Jean, 1983- (Editor)

Other Authors: Bursi, Adam (Editor), Zafer, Hamza (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Christians and Jews in Muslim Societies; volume 4.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405868.

Subjects:

Arabic literature > Spain > Andalusia > History and criticism.
Arabs > Spain > Andalusia > Civilization.
Hebrew literature, Medieval > Spain > Andalusia > History and criticism.
Jews > Spain > Andalusia > Civilization.
Andalusia (Spain) > Civilization.

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Call Number: PJ8417.A5 H57 2020

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Table of Contents:
  • Notes on contributors
  • Note on transliterations and translations
  • Bibliography of Ross Brann's publicatons
  • Legislating Borders: Naturalized Genoese and Sefardi Merchants in the Ottoman Mediterranean / Ali H. Akhtar
  • The Headings of the Psalms: A Case Study in Medieval Exegesis and Translation / Esperanza Alfonso
  • An Iberian Braid for Ross / Peter Cole
  • Panegyric as Pedagogy: Moses ibn Ezra's Didactic Poem on the "Beautiful Elements of Poetry" (Maḥāsin al-Shiʻr) in the Context of Classical Arabic Poetics / Jonathan Decter
  • Sefarad in Tzarfat: Sefardi and Sefardi-Style Piyyutim in MS / Bernkastel-Kues 313 / Elisabeth Hollender
  • Solomon vs. Solomon: A Fabrication of a Hebrew Polemic / Uriah Kfir
  • "His (Jewish) Nation ... and His (Muslim) King": Modern Nationalism Articulated through Medieval Andalusi Poetry / S.J. Pearce
  • Inscribing the Good News: The Run-Up to Mark / F.E. Peters
  • Fifteenth-Century Hebrew Literature: Some Reflections on Textual Transmission for a Modern Edition / Arturo Prats Oliván
  • Desert and Palace: Poetics of Place in Naṣrid Poems to the Prophet / Cynthia Robinson
  • The Story of the Crude Preacher by Jacob ben Elʻazar / Tova Rosen
  • Ohev Nashim and Minḥat Yehudah Soneʾ ha-Nashim: New Fragments of a Debate / Aurora Salvatierra
  • Ḥever the Pious: Some Aspects of Religion in the Taḥkemoni by Judah al-Ḥarīzī / Raymond P. Scheindlin
  • Well-Ordered Growth: Meanings and Aesthetics of the Almohad Mosque of Seville / Jessica Streit
  • A Translation of Q Luqmān / Shawkat M. Toorawa
  • The Story of the Female Jewish Wine Merchant: An Example of Cultural Translation in Medieval Hebrew Literature / David Torollo.