hṭṿv shvshyrym hṿʾ hkhṿzv shvhm: lvʿyyt hhgzmh hḳytsṿnyt ṿvʿyyt hʾmt ṿhshḳr vshyr / The Best Poem Is That Which Contains the Greatest Falsehood

הטוב שבשירים הוא הכוזב שבהם: לבעיית ההגזמה הקיצונית ובעיית האמת והשקר בשיר / The Best Poem Is That Which Contains the Greatest Falsehood

Moshe Ibn Ezra distinguishes between the language of ḥaqīqa (reality, fact) and the language of maǧāz (imagery and metaphor). The first describes the facts as they are and can be grasped and confirmed by reason, by the senses, by experience, and by common consent. The second cannot; its form belies...

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Main Author: Dānā, Yôsēf (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Hebrew
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Published: College 1981
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1981, Volume: 52, Pages: 1-10
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ibn-ʿEzra, Mosheh ben Yaʿaḳov 1060-1139 / Poetry
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
Parallel Edition:Electronic