Balm for Assuaging Grief (Seri ha- Yagon) by Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera in the tradition of Consolation Literature
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Vol. 56 (2007), Articles, pages 111-137
Submitted: Jan 24, 2020
Published: Dec 15, 2007
Abstract
In Balm for Assuaging Grief - (Seri ha-Yagon) Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera gets into the realm of consolation literature to provide his readers with a range of remedies for the sadness “disease”. For such a purpose, he resorts to a great variety of texts and themes that were widely spread at the time. He adds to this common material that of stemming from the Hebrew tradition properly in a single melting of universal consoling patterns with the specific values of the community he belongs to.
Keywords:
Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera, Balm for Assuaging Grief (Seri ha-Yagon), Consolation Literatura, Boethius, Al-Kindi
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Salvatierra Ossorio, A. (2007). Balm for Assuaging Grief (Seri ha- Yagon) by Shem Tob Ibn Falaquera in the tradition of Consolation Literature. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Hebreo, 56, 111–137. https://doi.org/10.30827/meahhebreo.v56i0.107