Meshullam da Piera explained

Meshullam ben Shelomo da Piera was a 13th-century Hebrew poet in Catalonia.

Other than the fact that he was active as late as 1260 (as his final known poem celebrates the Mongol conquest of Palestine in 1260) and that he lived in Girona, nothing is known for certainty about his life. He may have been a relative of the Hebrew poet Shelomo ben Meshulam de Piera, who died after 1417.^[1] 50 of his poems survive to the modern day.^[2] He was regarded as a poet of great talent by fellow Jewish poet Abraham Bedersi; scholar of medieval Spanish Jewish poetry Hayyim Schirmann called him among the most original of Spanish-Jewish poets.^[3] In spite of Da Piera's respect for Maimonides, Da Piera's poetry criticizes Maimonides' philosophy, and he aligned himself with the beliefs of Jewish philosopher Nachmanides.^{[4] [5]} His poetry distances itself from the older Hebrew tradition of poetry influenced by Andalusian Arabic poetry, and shows influence from the Occitanian troubadour style of poetry.^{[6] [7] [8]}

External links

• Analysis of Hei ha-Berit by da Piera

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: DAPIERA, SOLOMON BEN MESHULLAM or DA PIERA . Jewish Encyclopedia . 1906 . Gottheil . Richard . Kayserling . Richard . 7 May 2024.
2. Kfir . Uriah . Oettinger . Ayelet . A Bird Has Sung to Me of Love: Two Readings of One Poem by Meshullam da Piera . Prooftexts . 2019 . 37 . 2 . 183–214 . 10.2979/prooftexts.37.2.01 . 10.2979/prooftexts.37.2.01 . 0272-9601.
3. Lehmann . James H. . Polemic and Satire in the Poetry of the Maimonidean Controversy . Prooftexts . 1981 . 1 . 2 . 133–151 . 20688997 . 7 May 2024 . 0272-9601.
4. Book: Ribera Florit . José . Jiménez . Esther . Poemes de Meixul·lam de Piera: Girona S. XIII . 2008 . Patronat Call de Girona . Poems of Meshullam de Piera: Girona 13th c. . Girona . 978-84-8496-061-4 . 9 May 2024 . ca.
5. Web site: Mesulam ben Salomón de Piera Real Academia de la Historia . . 8 May 2024.
6. Book: Schippers . Arie . Jewish Studies at the Turn of the Twentieth Century . 1 January 1999 . Brill . 9789004663183 . 8 May 2024 . The Hebrew Poets of Christian Spain and the Arabic Literary Heritage.
7. Book: Schippers . Arie . Histoire, Litterature et Poetique des Marches . 1993 . Straatsburg: Societe Francaise de Litterature Generale et Comparee . Amsterdam . 145–158 . fr . La vie culturelle dans la marche d'Espagne et son role dans le developpement de la litterature hebraïque medievale en Provence.
8. Davidson . Israel . Researches in Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry . The Jewish Quarterly Review . 1939 . 29 . 4 . 354–356 . 10.2307/1452315 . 1452315 . 10 May 2024 . 0021-6682.