The study then proceeds to compare the scriptural stories and characters as presented in the poems with their scriptural and exegetical sources. This book examines the ways in which the scriptural referents fit in with, or differ from, the traditional Andalusian poetic conventions. Arabic and Hebrew Love Poems in al-Andalus investigates a largely overlooked subset of Muslim and Jewish love poetry in medieval Spain: hetero- and homo-erotic love poems written by Muslim and Jewish religious scholars, in which the lover and his sensual experience of the beloved are compared to scriptural characters and storylines.
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