Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
20,4 (2021) 454-461
Keywords:
Stern, S. M.
;
Arabic poetry History and criticism
;
Hebrew poetry History and criticism
Abstract:
Samuel Miklos Stern (SMS) was the pioneer of the modern study of both Arabic and Hebrew muwashshaḥāt (a genre of stanzaic lyric poetry). This paper gives an overview of Stern’s ground-breaking contributions to the study of Andalusian poetry, from his entry into the subject while a student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, through his field-shaping articles in the journal al-Andalus, to his remarkable paper on “Literary Connections between the Islamic World and Europe in the Early Middle Ages” at the Spoleto conference of 1964. In this as in other fields, it is suggested, Stern’s contribution was irreplaceable, his cautious and meticulous approach serving as a model for how to proceed in this difficult area of scholarship.
DOI:
10.1080/14725886.2021.1984837
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