As a result of the introduction of the printing press in the mid-nineteenth century and the proximity of European culture, language, and literature after the French occupation in 1881, Judeo-Arabic literature flourished in Tunisia until the middle of the twentieth century. As the most spoken language in the country, vernacular Judeo-Arabic allowed ideas from the Jewish Enlightenment in Europe (the Haskalah) to spread widely and also offered legitimacy to the surrounding Arab culture. In this volume, authors Yosef and Tsivia Tobi present works of Judeo-Arabic Tunisian literature that have been previously unstudied and unavailable in translation. In nine chapters, the authors present a number of works that were both originals and translations, divided by genre. Beginning each with a brief introduction to the material, they present translations of piyyutim (liturgical poems), malzumat (satirical ballads), qinot (laments), ghnayat (songs), essays on ideology and propaganda, drama and the theater, ikayat and deeds of righteous men (fiction), and Daniel Hagege's Circulation of Tunisian Judeo-Arabic Books, an important early critical work. A comprehensive introduction details the flowering of Judeo-Arabic literature in North Africa and appendixes of Judeo-Arabic journals, other periodicals, and books complete this volume. Ultimately, the authors reveal the effect of Judeo-Arabic literature on the spiritual formation of not only the literate male population of Tunisian Jews, who spent a good part of their time at the Synagogue, but also on women, the lower and middle classes, and conservatives who leaned toward modernization. Originally published in Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic Literature in Tunisia, 1850-1950 will be welcomed by English-speaking scholars interested in the literature and culture of this period.
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• The flowering of Judeo-Arabic literature in North Africa
• The Piyyutim (liturgical poems)
• The Malzūmāt (satirical ballads)
• The Qinot (laments)
• The Ghnayat (songs)
• Essays on ideology and propaganda
• The drama and the theater
• The Ḥikāyāt and deeds of righteous men
• Translation of Danie Ḥagège's Circulation of Tunisian Judeo-Arabic books.

• Preface ... ix PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Chapter One: Secular Hebrew Poetry in Spain as Courtly Poetry: Is It Indeed? ...
• 3 Chapter Two: The Secular Hebrew Poet as Culture Hero in the Middle Ages...
• 25 PART TWO: GENRES AND THEMES Chapter Three: The Land of Israel and the National Theme in Hebrew Poetry from Sa adia Gaon to Semuel Ha-Nagid ...
• 53 Chapter Four: The Religious Element in the War Poems of Semuel Ha-Nagid and in the Arabic Panegyrics in Andalusia ...
• 93 Chapter Five: Love in Hebrew Secular Poetry in the Setting of Medieval Arabic Poetry ...
• 116 Chapter Six: Music and Musical Instruments in Spanish Medieval Hebrew Poetry: The Poem of Yosef Ibn addiq (Justo) in Praise of Yi_aq ibn Barun ...
• 148 Chapter Seven: The Chase as an Allegory for the Wrong and Sufferings in the World as Found in Takemoni by Yehuda Alarizi against the Background of Arabic Poetry ...
• 190 PART THREE: POETRY AND WISDOM Chapter Eight: The Beloved Woman as a Metaphor for Divine Wisdom in the Poems of Selomo ibn Gabirol ...
• 229 Chapter Nine: Selomo Ibn Gabirol: He That, From His Youth, Chose Wisdom
• 261 Chapter Ten: Body and Soul in Spanish Hebrew Poetry against the Background of Muslim-Arabic Culture ...
• 293 Chapter Eleven: The Hebrew Transcription of Risalat al-_atimi: A comparative study between sayings attributed to Aristotle and poetic verses attributed to Mutanabbi (Cambridge, T.S., Arabic, 45.2) ...
• 321 PART FOUR: ARABIC RHETORIC AND POETRY IN MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY Chapter Twelve: Preliminary Study in _ilyat al-Mu_a_ara [_M] by Abu Ali Muammad al-_atimi: The `Lost' Source of Mose Ibn Ezra for His Kitab al-Mu_a_ara wa-al-Mudhakara [KMM] ...
• 355 Chapter Thirteen: Yehuda Ha-Levi's Hebrew Translations of Arabic Poems ...
• 369 PART FIVE: CRITICISM OF VERSE Chapter Fourteen: Yehuda Ha-Levi's Attitude Toward Arabic and Hebrew Secular Poetry and Literature in the Kuzari ...
• 389 Chapter Fifteen: Maimonides' Attitude towards Secular Poetry, Secular Arab and Hebrew Literature, Liturgical Poetry, and towards Their Cultural Environment ...
• 422 Chapter Sixteen: Sem _ov Ibn Falaqera's Critique of Poetry ...
• 467 Bibliography ...
• 483 Index... 511.
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The basic concept of this book is that in spite of the borrowed Arabic poetical values, medieval Hebrew poetry stubbornly distanced itself from Arabic poetry. The conclusive result of an in-depth comparative examination is that Hebrew poetry combined selective Arabic poetical values with ethical Jewish values to create a distinctive poetical school.
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• Preface ... ix PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Chapter One: Secular Hebrew Poetry in Spain as Courtly Poetry: Is It Indeed? ...
• 3 Chapter Two: The Secular Hebrew Poet as Culture Hero in the Middle Ages...
• 25 PART TWO: GENRES AND THEMES Chapter Three: The Land of Israel and the National Theme in Hebrew Poetry from Sa adia Gaon to Semuel Ha-Nagid ...
• 53 Chapter Four: The Religious Element in the War Poems of Semuel Ha-Nagid and in the Arabic Panegyrics in Andalusia ...
• 93 Chapter Five: Love in Hebrew Secular Poetry in the Setting of Medieval Arabic Poetry ...
• 116 Chapter Six: Music and Musical Instruments in Spanish Medieval Hebrew Poetry: The Poem of Yosef Ibn addiq (Justo) in Praise of Yi_aq ibn Barun ...
• 148 Chapter Seven: The Chase as an Allegory for the Wrong and Sufferings in the World as Found in Takemoni by Yehuda Alarizi against the Background of Arabic Poetry ...
• 190 PART THREE: POETRY AND WISDOM Chapter Eight: The Beloved Woman as a Metaphor for Divine Wisdom in the Poems of Selomo ibn Gabirol ...
• 229 Chapter Nine: Selomo Ibn Gabirol: He That, From His Youth, Chose Wisdom
• 261 Chapter Ten: Body and Soul in Spanish Hebrew Poetry against the Background of Muslim-Arabic Culture ...
• 293 Chapter Eleven: The Hebrew Transcription of Risalat al-_atimi: A comparative study between sayings attributed to Aristotle and poetic verses attributed to Mutanabbi (Cambridge, T.S., Arabic, 45.2) ...
• 321 PART FOUR: ARABIC RHETORIC AND POETRY IN MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY Chapter Twelve: Preliminary Study in _ilyat al-Mu_a_ara [_M] by Abu Ali Muammad al-_atimi: The `Lost' Source of Mose Ibn Ezra for His Kitab al-Mu_a_ara wa-al-Mudhakara [KMM] ...
• 355 Chapter Thirteen: Yehuda Ha-Levi's Hebrew Translations of Arabic Poems ...
• 369 PART FIVE: CRITICISM OF VERSE Chapter Fourteen: Yehuda Ha-Levi's Attitude Toward Arabic and Hebrew Secular Poetry and Literature in the Kuzari ...
• 389 Chapter Fifteen: Maimonides' Attitude towards Secular Poetry, Secular Arab and Hebrew Literature, Liturgical Poetry, and towards Their Cultural Environment ...
• 422 Chapter Sixteen: Sem _ov Ibn Falaqera's Critique of Poetry ...
• 467 Bibliography ...
• 483 Index... 511.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

The basic concept of this book is that in spite of the borrowed Arabic poetical values, medieval Hebrew poetry stubbornly distanced itself from Arabic poetry. The conclusive result of an in-depth comparative examination is that Hebrew poetry combined selective Arabic poetical values with ethical Jewish values to create a distinctive poetical school.
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While aspiring to escape from the drudgery and alienation which seem to be the fate of manual workers, professionals have long realized to their distress that their professionalism and work commitment by no means reduce the stressfulness of their work. Such an awareness of the impact of work on their physical and emotional well-being has led the professionals to make efforts to maximize their person-environment fit and to enhance their coping and adapation, knowing, sometimes helplessly, that society, bureaucracy, and work organization continue to be a potent source of work stress. This book offers deep analyses of work stress and coping among professionals by a multidisciplinary research team of sociologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and human resources experts. The work lives of seven groups of professionals are profiled and compared in this book: doctors, lawyers, engineers, nurses, teachers, police officers, and life insurance agents. Based on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews, and comparative analyses, this book suggests practical recommendations and policy measures for personal, organizational as well as societal intervention. Work stress is a social problem - as such it requires a societal solution. Meanwhile, individual professionals cope and adapt in the way they know best, which is certainly not a satisfactory response.
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The history of the Jews of Yemen began a long time before the advent in 622 AD of Islam. Their political and social highpoint came during the last generations of the Judaized Yemenite Kingdom of Himyar (c. 400-525). This text contains 16 studies, ecompassing various aspects of Jewish existence in Yemen as a "dhimmi" (protected) religious minority under Islam: history, social and cultural relations with the Muslim environment, culture, literature and language.
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• Ḥeleḳ
• 1. ha-ʻet ha-ḥadashah - ʻad emtsaʻ ha-ha-meʼah ha-19. --Hḥeleḳ
• 2. Me-emtsaʻ ha-meʼah ha-teshaʻ-ʻeśreh ʻad emtsaʻ ha-meʼah ha-ʻeśrim (2 v.)