Spanish Hebrew Poetry and the Arabic Literary Tradition: Arabic Themes in Hebrew Andalusian Poetry.

The Journal of the American Oriental Society | January 1, 1997| | Copyright

This book is a study of the relationship of the poetry of the Hebrew Golden Age in al-Andalus (tenth to twelfth centuries) to Arabic poetry; its core is a survey of the poetic themes and motifs in Hebrew Andalusian literature that have been borrowed from Arabic literature.

It was the example of Arabic poetry that inspired the Hebrew poets of tenth-century Cordoba to revolutionize Hebrew literature. The school of Hebrew poets that arose thanks to these poets' openness to the fructifying influence of Arabic letters has always been regarded as the pinnacle of Jewish ...

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