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  1. Power in the portrayal
    representations of Jews and Muslims in eleventh- and twelfth-century Islamic Spain
    Author: Brann, Ross
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the new historical literary study in... more

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    Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the new historical literary study in looking at a range of texts, Ross Brann reveals the paradoxical relations between the Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites in an era when long periods of tolerance and respect were punctuated by outbreaks of tension and hostility. The examined Arabic texts reveal a fragmented perception of the Jew in eleventh-century al-Andalus. They depict seemingly contradictory figures at whose poles are an intelligent, skilled, and noble Jew deserving of homage and a vile, stupid, and fiendish enemy of God and Islam. For their part, the Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic texts display a deep-seated reluctance to portray Muslims in any light at all. Brann cogently demonstrates that these representations of Jews and Muslims--each of which is concerned with issues of sovereignty and the exercise of power--reflect the shifting, fluctuating, and ambivalent relations between elite members of two of the ethno-religious communities of al-Andalus. --From publisher's description.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781400825240; 1400825245
    RVK Categories: NM 9250
    Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world
    Subjects: Islam; Juden; Arabisch; Literatur; Juden <Motiv>; Muslim <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 194 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-184) and index
  2. Power in the portrayal
    representations of Jews and Muslims in eleventh- and twelfth-century Islamic Spain
    Author: Brann, Ross
    Published: ©2002
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0691001871; 1400825245; 9780691001876; 9781400825240
    Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world
    Subjects: Arabic literature; Jews; Judaism and literature; HISTORY.; RELIGION / Judaism / History; Joden; Islamieten; Etnische betrekkingen; Letterkunde; Arabisch; Geschichte; Juden; Judentum; Literatur; Jews; Arabic literature; Arabic literature; Arabic literature; Jews; Judaism and literature; Jews in literature; Muslims in literature; Araberbild; Judenbild
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 194 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-184) and index

    Introduction: Power in the portrayal -- Force of character: three eleventh-century Andalusi-Muslim views of Ismāʼīl ibn Naghrīla (Samuel the Nagid) (Ṭaqabāt al-umam; Ibn Ḥayyān al-Qurṭubī apud al-Iḥāṭa fī akhbār gharnāṭa; al-Tibyān) -- An Andalusi-Muslim literary typology of Jewish heresy and sedition: al-Fiṣal fī l-milal wal-ahwāʼ wal-niḥal and Al-Radd ʻalā ibn al-naghrīla al-yahūdī (ʻAlī ibn Ḥazm) -- Textualizing ambivalence: Ibn Bassām's literary miscellany, The treasury concerning the merits of the people of Iberia (al-Dhakhīra fī maḥāsin ahl al-jazīra) -- Muslim counterparts, rivals, mentors, and foes: a trope of Andalusi-Jewish identity? The problem of Andalusi-Jewish representations of Muslims -- The silence of the Jews: Judah al-Ḥarizi's Picaresque tale of the Muslim astrologer

    Power in the Portrayal unveils a fresh and vital perspective on power relations in eleventh- and twelfth-century Muslim Spain as reflected in historical and literary texts of the period. Employing the methods of the new historical literary study in looking at a range of texts, Ross Brann reveals the paradoxical relations between the Andalusi Muslim and Jewish elites in an era when long periods of tolerance and respect were punctuated by outbreaks of tension and hostility. The examined Arabic texts reveal a fragmented perception of the Jew in eleventh-century al-Andalus. They depict seemingly contradictory figures at whose poles are an intelligent, skilled, and noble Jew deserving of homage and a vile, stupid, and fiendish enemy of God and Islam. For their part, the Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic texts display a deep-seated reluctance to portray Muslims in any light at all. Brann cogently demonstrates that these representations of Jews and Muslims--each of which is concerned with issues of sovereignty and the exercise of power--reflect the shifting, fluctuating, and ambivalent relations between elite members of two of the ethno-religious communities of al-Andalus. --From publisher's description