Shari L. Lowin

Arabic and Hebrew Love Poems in Al-Andalus

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Produktbeschreibung

Arabic and Hebrew Love Poems in al-Andalus investigates a largely overlooked subset of Muslim and Jewish love poetry in medieval Spain: hetero- and homo-erotic love poems written by Muslim and Jewish religious scholars, in which the lover and his sensual experience of the beloved are compared to scriptural characters and storylines.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9780367867560
• ISBN-10: 0367867567
• Artikelnr.: 58438066

Autorenporträt

Shari L. Lowin is Associate Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Stonehill College, teaching Islamic and Jewish Studies. Her research focuses on early Islamic intellectual thought, and its interplay with midrashic and rabbinic materials.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Outsiders as Lovers 2 "He has slain me like Uriah":
Ibn Mar Shaul's Unexpected Love Triangle 3 The Gazelle and the Golden Calf:
Reading the Footprints in the Sand Part II: Lovers and other Liars 4 "His
Instruments are the Instruments of Simeon and Levi": Ibn Gabirol and the
Silence of Jacob 5 The Flames of Love and Fire of Abraham: Salvation
through Incineration Part III: Unsuitable Love: Family Members as Lovers 6
Poetic Justice for the Rape of Tamar: Ibn Gabirol's Critique of David 7 The
Cloak of Joseph: Ibn Hazm and the Therapeutic Power of Romantic Love Part
IV: The Hermeneutics of Desire 8 Surprise Kisses and the Burning Bush: Ibn
al-Milh and the Metaphysics of Passion