"Our place in al-Andalus" : Kabbalah, philosophy, literature in Arab Jewish letters

348 Pages·2002·5.24 MB·English

by  Gil Anidjar

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"OUR PLACE IN AL-ANDALUS"
Kabba/ah, Philosophy, Literature
in Arab Jewish Letters
Gil Anidjar
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD, CALIFORNIA
2002
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anidjar, Gil.
"Our place in al-Andalus" : Kabbalah, philosophy, literature in Arab Jewish letters I
Gi!Anidjar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8047-4120-4 (alk. paper) - ISBN 0-8047-4121-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Maimonides, Moses, 1135-120+ Dalalat al-l;iii'irin. 2. Philosophy, Jewish.
3. Philosophy, Medieval. 4. Zohar. 5. Cabala-History. 6. Ibn al-AStarkuwl,
MuJ:iammad ibn Yusuf, d. 1143-Criticism and interpretation. 7. Context (Linguistics).
8. Andalusia (Spain). 9. Eschatology, Jewish. I. Title.
BM545.D35 A55 2002
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Original printing 2002
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Declinations of Context
in Arab Jewish Letters 1
1 Maimonides, Daltiia, Midrash IO
2 "Our Place in al-Andalus, ~.J..:.i°i'I ,.,? l:...i.:...c" 57
3 The Silent Voice of the Friend: Andalusi Topographies
of Scholem's Conversations (Mourning Mysticism) 102
4 Reading, Out of Context: Zoharandlas Maqrima 166
Part):.: Zohar 171
Ibn al-Astarkuwi's Maqrima "On Poetry and Prose" 219
Part 2: Parting Words 229
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Bibliography 307