Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol (JPS Library of Jewish Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0827600607 ISBN 13: 9780827600607

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 1974

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Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol Author: Israel DavidsonTitle: Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol Publication: Jewish Publication SocietyEdition: FIRSTPA PERBACK EDITIONDescription: First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Published by Jewish Publication Society of America, 1974. Octavo. Paperback. Text in English and Hebrew. Book is very good with light toning to the page ends, a small surface tear to the back cover and light edgewear. Seller ID: 308423Subject: Judaica

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"Solomon ibn Gvirol, also Solomon ben Judah was an Andalucian Hebrew poet and Jewish philosopher. He was born in Malaga about 1021; died about 1058 in Valencia.

Little is known of Gabirol's life. His parents died while he was a child. At seventeen years of age he became the friend and protege of Jekuthiel Hassan. Upon the assassination of the latter as the result of a political conspiracy, Gabirol composed an elegy of more than 200 verses. The death of Hai Gaon also called forth a similar poem. When barely twenty Gabirol wrote "Anak," a versified Hebrew grammar, alphabetical and acrostic, consisting of 400 verses divided into ten parts. Of this grammar, ninety-five lines have been preserved by Solomon Parhon. In these Gabirol reproaches his townsmen with their neglect of the Hebrew language.

Gabirol's residence in Saragossa was embittered by strife. He thought of leaving Spain, but remained and wandered about. He gained another friend and patron in the person of Samuel ibn Nagdela, whose praises he sang. Later an estrangement arose between them, and Nagdela became for a time the butt of Gabirol's bitterest irony. All testimonies agree that Gabirol was comparatively young at the time of his death, which followed years of wandering. The year of his death was probably 1058 or 1059." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0827600607
• ISBN 13: 9780827600607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Israel Davidson