Like Joseph in Beauty
Yemeni Vernacular Poetry and Arab-Jewish Symbiosis
Biographical note
Mark S. Wagner Ph.D. (2004) in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic at Louisiana State University. He has published numerous articles on Arabic and Jewish literatures and Islamic law.
Readership
Those interested in Arabic literature, Jewish literature, Islamic studies, and Jewish studies.
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