Shahin Shirazi
Shahin Shirazi (born in Shiraz, Iran) was a Persian Jewish poet of the 14th century. He carried the honorific "Meulana".
He put the Pentateuch into Persian verse (with a Hebrew script) under the title Musa Nameh, an imitation of the famous Shahnameh in style.
His work took 30 years to finish, and was completed in 1359.
Further reading
- Amnon Netzer: "Literature of the Jews of Iran, A short survey." Padyavand Vol 1. Los Angeles 1996, pp 5–17.
- E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. ISBN 0-7007-0406-X
- Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K
- Vera Basch Moreen (tr. and ed.), In Queen Esther's Garden: An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature (Yale Judaica): Yale 2000, ISBN 0300079052, ISBN 978-0300079050
See also
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