Download or read book Jewish Poet in Muslim Egypt written by Leon Weinberger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moses Dar‘ī of Alexandria was the product of both Arab courtly culture and Jewish civilization, and certainly the most gifted poet of medieval Karaism. This collection of his work reflects the tension and blend between his two contrasting backgrounds. The volume offers a close reading of the Hebrew collection of over five hundred of his writings, based on manuscripts from St. Petersburg, Ramle and New York. This gives good reason to believe that Moses Dar'‘1,133