The Kingly Crown
Subtitle: Keter Malkhut
Contributors: Bernard Lewis (Translator); Andrew Lee Gluck (Introduction)
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780268033033
Subjects: Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History: World; Europe; Jewish; Ibn Gabirol; Europe - General; 11th cent; 11th cent.; Ibn Gabirol,; Keter malkhut
Description: "Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021-1058) of Spain was a Jewish philosopher and moralist who is perhaps best known for the beautiful forty-stanza poem Keter Malkhut (The Kingly Crown). Hailed by scholars as one of the most important classics of Hebrew literature, The Kingly Crown employs the metaphor of a king in his palace to describe the relationship between humanity and God. This medieval poem is full of vivid imagery and scriptural references.

Within its many layers of meaning, readers will find not only an extended prayer and meditation, but also signs of the neoplatonic philosophy that formed the foundation of Gabirol's cosmology and theology.".

"This new edition includes Lewis's extensive notes and introduction as well as a new introduction, notes, and detailed philosophical commentary by Andrew L. Gluck. Gluck's meticulous correction of errors in the Hebrew text make this the most accurate version ever published with an English translation. Facing page Hebrew verse and English translation, as well as a new bibliographical section about the poet and poem, add to the utility and value of this wonderful book."--BOOK JACKET.