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Yehuda Halevi

Door Hillel Halkin

Categorie	Secundair
Boeknummer	#340279-XG3
Titel	Yehuda Halevi
Auteur	Halkin, Hillel
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Nextbook/Schocken
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	0805242066
ISBN13	9780805242065
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, dust jacket, 8vo. Jewish Encounter series.
Samenvatting	A masterly biography of Yehuda Halevi, one of the greatest of Hebrew poets and a shining example of the synthesis of religion and culture that defined the golden age of medieval Spanish Jewry. Like Maimonides, with whom he contrasts sharply, Yehuda Halevi spanned multiple worlds. Poet, philosopher, and physician, he is known today for both his religious and secular verse, including his famed “songs of Zion,” and for The Kuzari, an elucidation of Judaism in dialogue form. Hillel Halkin brilliantly evokes the fascinating world of eleventh- and twelfth-century Andalusian Spain in which Halevi lived and discusses the influences that formed him. Relying on the astonishing discoveries of the Cairo Geniza, he pieces together the mystery of Halevi's last days, with its fateful voya... (Lees verder)ge to Palestine, which became a haunting legend. An acclaimed writer and translator, Halkin builds his account of Halevi's life and death on his magnificent translations of Halevi's poems. He places The Kuzari within the wider context of Jewish thought and explains why, more perhaps than any other medieval Jewish figure, Halevi has become an inspirational yet highly controversial figure in modern Jewish and Israeli intellectual life.
Pagina's	353
Conditie	Goed — Red permanent marker dot on bottom cut.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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