Langbeschreibung
Moses ben Abraham Dar, born in Alexandria into a family of Moroccan Jewish immigrants, lived in Egypt in the middle of the twelfth century. Though he visited Damascus and Jerusalem, he spent most of his professional life as a physician and poet in the Karaite community of Fus -Cairo. This study offers an annotated edition of secular poems taken from the earliest manuscript, NLR Evr. I 802, dated to the fifteenth century. The Hebrew text and Judaeo-Arabic heading of each poem are provided in the original order attested in the manuscript. The introduction to this edition seeks to evaluate Dar s poetry in the light of the Andalusian-Hebrew poetical tradition and within the context of Hebrew literary activity in the Muslim East.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction Chapter 1 History of Research Chapter 2 Manuscript Tradition Chapter 3 History of Fatimid and Ayyubid Egypt Chapter 4 Moses ben Abraham Dar'i Chapter 5 Poetics and Poetry Chapter 6 Secular Genres Chapter 7 Motifs and Themes Chapter 8 Language and Style Chapter 9 Conclusion: The Significance of Moses Dar'i Chapter 10 Edition: Poems nos. 1-152, on the basis of MS NLR Evr. I 802, with commentary