The Andalusi Literary and Intellectual Tradition – The Role of Arabic in Judah …
The Andalusi Literary and Intellectual TraditionThe Role of Arabic in Judah Ibn Tibbon's Ethical Will\nAuthor(s): Sarah J. Pearce\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253025968, 978-0253025968\nSynopsis\nBeginning in 1172, Judah ibn Tibbon, who was called the father of Hebrew translators, wrote a letter to his son that was full of personal and professional guidance. The detailed letter, described as an ethical will, was revised through the years and offered a vivid picture of intellectual life among Andalusi elites exiled in the south of France after 1148. S. J. Pearce sets this letter into broader context and reads it as a document of literary practice and intellectual values. She reveals how ibn Tibbon, as a translator of philosophical and religious texts, explains how his son should make his way in the family business and how to operate, textually, within Arabic literary models even when writing for .
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