{"product_id":"beguiling-guidance-adena-tanenbaum-9789004733794","title":"Beguiling Guidance: Zechariah Al\u0026#7693;\u0026#257;hir\u0026#299;'s Sefer Hamusar, a Hebrew Maq\u0026#257;ma from 16th-Century Yemen","description":"The only Hebrew picaresque \u003ci\u003emaqāma\u003c\/i\u003e from Yemen, \u003ci\u003eSefer hamusar\u003c\/i\u003e captivates its readers with trickster tales of wandering and adventure while offering moral guidance and a spiritual ascent via kabbalistic study. In \u003ci\u003eBeguiling Guidance\u003c\/i\u003e, Adena Tanenbaum explores these tensions, along with the literary, social-historical, philosophical, and kabbalistic aspects of \u003ci\u003eSefer hamusar\u003c\/i\u003e, and situates the work in its broader 16th-century framework. Applying a fresh reading, she analyzes Alḍāhirī's \u003ci\u003emaqāma\u003c\/i\u003e as a rich repository of intellectual history; treats his travel narratives as composites of fiction and fact; and uncovers the cultural assumptions and self-definitions underlying his representations of Muslims, which she shows to be far more variegated and nuanced than previously acknowledged. \u003ci\u003eBeguiling Guidance\u003c\/i\u003e should appeal to readers interested in transregional cultural exchange and the diffusion of texts; pre-modern fiction and travel writing; and Muslim-Jewish power relations in the late medieval\/early modern Middle East. It also serves as an introduction to the vibrant culture of a Jewish community that traced its presence in South Arabia back to antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adena Tanenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004733795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004733794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.10w x 1.25d","brand":"Adena Tanenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47427671949567,"sku":"9789004733794","price":173.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6225a20e-967b-48c4-a754-f4ab130a5ec3.jpg?v=1761580864","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beguiling-guidance-adena-tanenbaum-9789004733794","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}