An analysis of the songs composed by some Occitan poets and some Andalusian poets showed a striking similarity. The forms, genres and melodies adopted by the Occitan poets in the Middle Ages were relatively similar to the songs composed earlier by Andalusian poets. On the other …
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This dissertation addresses the problem of "Jewish Imagism," a short-lived trend in modern Hebrew and Yiddish poetry with interesting links to, as well as distinct differences from, Anglo-American Imagism, Russian Acmeism and German Expressionism. Given the historical taboo on v…
“Piyyutim” (synagogal poems), composed for liturgical use, creatively intersect with traditions of interpretation familiar from other aggadic sources. However, as poetry composed for public recitation, these texts reflect unique aesthetic and practical impulses. This dissertatio…
Mysticism, religion and prophecy, passion, genius, sex, and madness are only some of the words frequently associated with Yona Wallach, a renowned, but little studied, Israeli poet. A controversial figure, Wallach has been prominent in the Israeli literary scene since the mid 19…
The Azerbaijanian art form mugam developed in a region that evolved under Persian, Greek, Turkish and Russian/Soviet rule. Azerbaijanian identity is split between Turkish and Persian roots and is influenced by the doctrines and aesthetics of Islam. Mugam weds classical written p…
Considering the correlation between modernism and ideology in the works of the Persian poet, Nima Yushij (1895-1960), my dissertation concludes that Nima employs nature, both, as an ideological device in order to demonstrate the artificiality of classical poetic outlook and pros…
Three types of passive and passive-like expressions in journalistic Modern Standard Arabic are examined: (1) internal passives, formed by internal vowel changes, such as kutiba "it was written"; (2) Form VII and VIII mutaawi' ("submissive") verbs, with middle/inchoative meaning,…
The aim of this study is to investigate identity politics as they are delineated in the Maghrebian Francophone novel. Maghrebian authors who have chosen to write in the language of the erstwhile colonizer are all the product of a bilingual and bicultural society. In the light of…
This dissertation collects every example of a historical anecdote in the tannaitic midrashim—any passage which relates any incident purported to have occurred from the close of biblical times up to the composition of the midrash collection being studied. I set forth the percenta…
To fully understand any text, it is necessary to understand the genre of that text. The genre of the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible, however, is very unclear, even at the most basic level. Most interpreters assume that prophecy is a type of rhetoric, but they also speak of …
This dissertation addresses aspects of the avaz or Persian song texts. The initial background on poetry and prosody sets forth the structure through which themes of the avaz texts are expressed. Content of the avaz texts follows: the cyclical concept of rebirth along with other …
Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri is one of the most intriguing voices in contemporary Arabic literature. With his sparse and unelaborated narration, incisive images flashed in rapid succession, abrupt transitions, and skillful manipulation of tenses, he creates the literary equiv…
Mehmed Şemseddin Ulusoy’a ait H. 1349/M. 1931 yılında te’lif edilmiş müellif nüshası Misbâr-ı Şemsî adlı eser, çeviriyazı ile günümüz alfabesine aktarılmıştır. Eserin incelemesi yapılırken müellifin yaşadığı dönem, müellifin hayatı, edebî yönü ve eserleri -müellifin kendi beyanl…
Bu çalışmada hicrî ilk üç asır hadis edebiyatının kitâbu’t-tefsîr literatürü incelenmiştir. İlk olarak tefsire dair müstakil sahife veya cüzlerin telifi ile başlayan ilgili literatür, hadis kaynaklarındaki tefsir bölümleri ile devam etmiştir. Hadis kaynaklarında yer verilen tefs…
İslâm düşüncesinde merkezî bir konumu haiz olan hüküm kavramı ile Kur’an-ı Kerim’in en küçük birimini ifade eden ayet terimlerinin bir araya gelmesi ile oluşan ahkâm ayeti kavramsallaştırması, -her ne kadar Kur’an’da yer alan her bir ayet itikâdî, amelî, ahlâkî vb. ilkelere mesn…
The study examines the meaning of 'hb, the most frequently used Hebrew term for love in the Bible, in the light of the various contexts in which it occurs and of its relationship with its synonyms. The usage of 'hb for human love is studied in five contexts: (1) relationship bet…
The debate in Rabbinic literature over the merit of Israel and the redemption from Egypt is worthy of investigation, because it is a major preoccupation of the Rabbis, beginning as early as the end of the first century BCE and continuing for many generations. A study of this deb…
This is a study and partial critical edition of al-Yunini's (d. 726/1326) Dhayl Mir'at al-zaman, one of the most important sources for the history of Mamluk Syria and Egypt. The dissertation consists of three parts. In Part One (Introduction), an overview of the author's life an…