The Andalusi Literary and Intellectual Tradition: The Role of Arabic in Judah ibn Tibbon's Ethical Will (Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies)

Introduction: "The preface of every book is its first part": an overview of materials and methodology -- 1. "Pen, I recount your favor!": reading, writing, and translating in memory of al- Andalus -- 2. "Examine your Hebrew books monthly and Arabic books bimonthly": autobiography and bibliography in the Islamic West -- 3. "On every Sabbath, read ... the Bible in Arabic": reading the Hebrew Bible as Arabic literature -- 4. "The words of the ancient poets": poetics between Jewish and Islamic scripture -- 5. "The Arab sage said": transmitting Arabic philosophy in translation -- 6. "From vessel to vessel": the reception and reimagining of the Tibbonid Project -- Conclusion: "This book has been completed": looking back and ahead at al-Andalus in Translation -- Appendix: Judah ibn Tibbon's Ethical Will: a new translation

• | Author: Sarah J. Pearce
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: March 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 276 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0253025966
• | ISBN-13: 9780253025968