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Shamma Boyarin deposited “Rhymes So Good the Likes of Which Have Not Been Seen in all the Land of Spain”: Meir of Norwich and Friendship Poetry in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month agoThis short essay explores Susan Einbinder’s observation that the poetics of the medieval Anglo-Jewish poet Meir of Norwich show a unique mix of borrowing from
the poetic schools of both Ashkenaz and Sepharad. Boyarin argues that Meir was discursively creating a school of Anglo-Hebrew poetics, one that he imagined drew from both of these e…[Read more] -
Shamma Boyarin deposited “Rhymes So Good the Likes of Which Have Not Been Seen in all the Land of Spain”: Meir of Norwich and Friendship Poetry on Humanities Commons 6 years, 1 month ago
This short essay explores Susan Einbinder’s observation that the poetics of the medieval Anglo-Jewish poet Meir of Norwich show a unique mix of borrowing from
the poetic schools of both Ashkenaz and Sepharad. Boyarin argues that Meir was discursively creating a school of Anglo-Hebrew poetics, one that he imagined drew from both of these e…[Read more] -
Shamma Boyarin deposited The Contexts of the HebrewSecret of Secrets in the group
Medieval Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months agoLooks at the Hebrew reception of the Secret of Secrets
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Shamma Boyarin deposited The Contexts of the HebrewSecret of Secrets on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months ago
Looks at the Hebrew reception of the Secret of Secrets
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Shamma Boyarin deposited “Changing the Order of Creation”: The Toldot Ben Sira Disrupts the Medieval Hebrew Canon on Humanities Commons 6 years, 2 months ago
This article looks at the way the author of the medieval Toldot Ben Sira engages with canonical literary models such as the Bible and Rabbinic midrash.
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Shamma Boyarin deposited Diasporic Culture and the Making of the Alexander Romance on Humanities Commons 7 years, 5 months ago
Looks at the way the Alexander Romance traditions changes over time and space, with a primary focus on the tradition as it appears in Hebrew and Arabic.