The Contemplative Soul
Subtitle: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain (Etudes Sur Le Judaisme Medieval)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 2229
ISBN-13: 9789004120914
Subjects: Islam; Judaism; Philosophy; Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval; Hebrew Poetry; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Hebrew; Interior Design - General; Jewish; Jewish - General; Medieval; Andalusia; Hebrew poetry, Medieval; History and criticism; Jewish religious poetry, Hebre; Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew; Soul in literature; Spain
Description: "This study focuses on Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ibn Ezra, and Judah Haleyi, polymath poets who also wrote philosophically-informed prose works. It probes the contemplative motifs in their religious verse, uncovering new and, at times, unorthodox layers of meaning. The book includes the Hebrew texts of representative poems accompanied by original English translations and detailed analyses."--BOOK JACKET.