Dunash ben Labrat
Dunash ben Labrat · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Grammarian and poet who introduced Arabic quantitative meter into Hebrew poetry and advanced comparative Semitic grammar
c. 920, Fez, Morocco — c. 990
Fez, Morocco · Córdoba (Al-Andalus)
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Dunash ben Labrat was a Jewish grammarian and poet of the Golden Age of al-Andalus, a student of Saadia Gaon. He is credited with adapting Arabic quantitative metre to Hebrew verse, a revolution that shaped Hebrew poetry for centuries, and he advanced comparative Semitic grammar in his critiques of Menahem ben Saruq. He worked in the Jewish community of Córdoba under the patronage of Hasdai ibn Shaprut.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Grammarian and poet who introduced Arabic quantitative meter into Hebrew poetry and advanced comparative Semitic grammar
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
