Joseph ibn Zabara
Joseph ibn Zabara · Arts & Literature
Catalan poet and physician, author of the satirical 'Sefer Sha'ashu'im' (Book of Delight).
c. 1140, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain)
Catalonia (Spain)
Joseph ibn Zabara is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Catalan poet and physician, author of the satirical 'Sefer Sha'ashu'im' (Book of Delight).
Joseph ben Meir ibn Zabara was a Catalan Jewish poet and physician best known for the 'Sefer Sha'ashu'im' (Book of Delight), a witty rhymed-prose framework of tales, fables, and proverbs that is a landmark of medieval Hebrew literature. Trained in medicine, he wove learning and satire into a distinctly Jewish literary voice of twelfth-century Iberia. He was a Jewish author of the Sephardic world.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
Catalan poet and physician, author of the satirical 'Sefer Sha'ashu'im' (Book of Delight).
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
