The most Beautiful Pomegranate/Granada: A Riddle by Yehudah ha-Levi
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Vol. 47 (1998), Articles, pages 19-36
Submitted: Jan 28, 2020
Abstract
Among other poems, Yehudah ha-Levi dedicates to his friends Yehudah ibn Gayyat a curious riddle. The subject, or rather, the enigma is the pomegranate (rimmon) which the poet challenges him to discover in its verses. This fruit is not an unusual motif for a riddle, but in this case, the poetic game which the pomegranate offers seems to have multiplied as its receiver is a friend who is an inhabitant of the city of the same name: Rimmon (Granada). In the riddle under consideration, not only must one guess that a pomegranate is the solution to the enigma but also deduce that pomegranate/Granada is being described.
Keywords:
Medieval Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Poetry in Spain, Riddle, Yehudah haLevi
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Salvatierra, A. The most Beautiful Pomegranate/Granada: A Riddle by Yehudah ha-Levi. Miscelánea De Estudios Árabes Y Hebraicos. Sección Hebreo, 47, 19–36. https://doi.org/10.30827/meahhebreo.v47i0.315