Proximity and Distance : Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Poetry.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One: Research on the Affinity of Hebrew Poetry to Arabic Poetry in the Middle Ages -- PART ONE: THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTACTS IN THE EAST -- Chapter Two: The Encounter of Hebrew and Arabic Poetry in the East in the Tenth&amp -- #8211 -- Twelfth Centuries -- Chapter Three: Sa'adia and Arabic Poetry: Philosophical Culture and Philosophical Poetry -- Chapter Four: Sa'adia's Poetics: Old Wine in a New Bottle -- PART TWO: HEBREW SECULAR POETRY IN SPAIN -- Chapter Five: Hebrew Poetry and Arabic Poetry in Spain: Similarity and Distinctiveness -- Chapter Six: Philosophy in Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Poetry in Spain -- Chapter Seven: Medieval Hebrew Secular Poetry: Pagan Ideas Versus the Tenets of Judaism -- Chapter Eight: The Poetry of Sh&amp -- #8706 -- muel Ha-Nagid against the Background of Arabic Poetry of Self-Praise -- PART THREE: THE POETICS OF HEBREW POETRY IN SPAIN -- Chapter Nine: Metaphor in Hebrew Medieval Poetry -- Chapter Ten: Modifications of Language and of Metre in Hebrew Medieval Poetry Compared with dar&amp -- #363 -- rat al-shi'r, zih&amp -- #257 -- f&amp -- #257 -- t, and 'ilal in Medieval Arabic Poetry -- Chapter Eleven: The Source of Alhar&amp -- #299 -- z&amp -- #299 -- 's t&amp -- #8706 -- na'e ha-shi'r (Conditions of Poetry) in 'am&amp -- #363 -- d al-shi'r of Arabic Poetry -- Chapter Twelve: Aristotle's Poetics in Medieval Jewish Literature -- APPENDICES -- Appendix One: The Proverb Writer Sa'&amp -- #299 -- d B. B&amp -- #257 -- bsh&amp -- #257 -- d: A Tenth-Century Eastern Hebrew Poet -- Appendix Two: Sh&amp -- #8706 -- lomo b. Gabirol and Bahye b. Paq&amp -- #363 -- da: Philosophical Ideas in Spanish Liturgical Poetry -- Appendix Three: A Poem by the Jewish Apostate to Islam Abraham B. Sahl? -- Bibliography -- Indices -- A. Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G.

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The central feature of this book is an innovative critical approach, which understands medieval Hebrew poetry not only by revealing its ties with Arabic poetry but also by determining the specific characteristics by which it stubbornly distinguished itself from Arabic poetry.

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