Jewish Poets of Spain

By: Various

1965 Penguin Books mass market paperback. ISBN: 0140442502. David Goldstein (Translator). Collection of ethnic Jewish poetry from Spain translated from Hebrew to English. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140442502
• ISBN13: 9780140442502
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A selection of the medieval greats of Jewish poetry

This is a small selection of the work of the greats of medieval Jewish poetry. Yehudah Ha- Levi,and Moses ibn Ezra are among my own personal favorites, but there is a selection of other greats, Solomon ibn Gabriol, Shmuel ha- Nagid.This poetry is primarily religious but there is also secular poetry written in the spirit of its time. The greatest poetry here is of Yehudah ha- Levi whose inspired writings of his yearning for Zion to this day play a part in the Jewish liturgy. This is a good sample and an excellent place to begin to study this remarkable poetry.