Josef ben Meir ibn Zabara

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Josef ben Meir ibn Zabara (* around 1140 in Barcelona ) (also known as: Joseph ben Mair Ibn Sabara) was a Spanish-Jewish doctor and poet.

He wrote the successful Sefer Schaaschuim ("Book of Pleasures"), which contains a wide variety of narratives, bracketed by a framework (the poet is visited by a stranger who turns out to be a demon, and goes on a journey with him).

expenditure

  • Israel Davidson (Ed.), Sepher shaashuim, a book of mediaeval lore , Bet midrash ha-rabanim asher be-Ameriḳa, 1914 ( Texts and studies of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America , Vol. 4)
  • The book of delight , Columbia University Press, 1932

literature

  • From the book of flirtations (Sha'aschuim) by Joseph Sabara. Pp. 49-90. In: Poets from Spain's better days . Selection from the masterpieces of Jewish-Spanish poets, translated metrically and given notes by Prof. Dr. A. Sulzbach , 2nd enlarged and improved edition. Kauffmann, Frankfurt a. M. 1903
  • Günter Stemberger , History of Jewish Literature , Munich 1977
personal data
SURNAME Josef ben Meir ibn Zabara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish-Jewish writer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1140
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 12th century or 13th century