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This is the first English translation of Santob do Carrion's Proverbios morales (Moral Proverbs) and also the first book-length study of that monumental work. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This is the first English translation of Santob do Carrion's Proverbios morales (Moral Proverbs) and also the first book-length study of that monumental work. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This book takes readers on a philosophical discovery of a forgotten treasure, one born in the 14th century but which appears to belong to the 21st. It presents a critical, up-to-date analysis of Santob de Carrión, also known as Sem Tob, a writer and thinker whose philosophy arose in the Spain of the three great cultures: Jews, Christians, and Muslims, who then coexisted in peace. The author first presents a historical and cultural introduction that provides biographical detail as well as context for a greater understand of Santob's philosophy. Next, the book offers a dialogue with the work itself, which looks at politics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics,...
This Hebrew poet, known by his Catilian name, Santob de Carrión, lived in the first half of the fourteenth century. In this text, originally published in 1947, Professor Llubera offers a critical edition, giving the text of the work and a full and detailed introduction to Proverbios Morale.
This collection of essays focuses on the medieval Hebrew book as object in order to explore the production, circulation, transmission, and consumption of Hebrew texts in the western Mediterranean (mainly Iberia, Provence, and Italy) between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries.
Excerpt from Untersuchungen Über die Proverbios Morales von Santob De Carrion: Mit Besonderem Hinweis auf die Quellen und Parallelen Ueber die von dem Werke bekannten Handschriften unterrichtet man sich am besten bei Beer, Handschriften schätze Spaniens, Wien 1894 an den im Register unter Santo und Sem Tob angeführten Stellen. Von denen, die früher über die Handschriften Mitteilungen machten, seien ge nannt: Sanchez, Coleccion de poesias castellanas anteriores al siglo XV. Madrid 1779, I, 180, Rodrigo de Castro, Biblioteca espanola, Madrid 1781, I, 198, Ticknor, History of Spanish Literature, new-york and London 1849 (1. Erste deutsche Ausgabe von Julius, Leipzig 1852, I, 73 Anm., Kayse...
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