TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical and poetical pharmacologies from medieval Spain
AU - Gutwirth, Eleazar
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The departure point is a section in Shlomoh ben Reuven Bonafed's literary cycle of the fifteenth century. It is a case of Hebrew satire against the apothecary Benjamin and his "simples". It may be better understood if seen within the traditions and contexts in which it was constructed. This leads us to examine the relations between poetry, pharmacology, ethics and history. As he is referring to a real Saragossan fifteenth century pharmacist, he raises the historical question of Hispano-Jewish engagement in this profession in medieval Spain. His social critique recalls the medieval connection between ethics and pharmacology. Bonafed's search for pharmacological terms, the analysis of herb names and the awareness of affinities amongst signifiers precede, naturally, that poetic "end-result", the decorous attack in the name of ethics.
AB - The departure point is a section in Shlomoh ben Reuven Bonafed's literary cycle of the fifteenth century. It is a case of Hebrew satire against the apothecary Benjamin and his "simples". It may be better understood if seen within the traditions and contexts in which it was constructed. This leads us to examine the relations between poetry, pharmacology, ethics and history. As he is referring to a real Saragossan fifteenth century pharmacist, he raises the historical question of Hispano-Jewish engagement in this profession in medieval Spain. His social critique recalls the medieval connection between ethics and pharmacology. Bonafed's search for pharmacological terms, the analysis of herb names and the awareness of affinities amongst signifiers precede, naturally, that poetic "end-result", the decorous attack in the name of ethics.
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U2 - 10.2143/REJ.170.3.2141804
DO - 10.2143/REJ.170.3.2141804
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AN - SCOPUS:84855912328
SN - 0484-8616
VL - 170
SP - 477
EP - 502
JO - Revue des Etudes Juives
JF - Revue des Etudes Juives
IS - 3-4
ER -