Twilight of a Golden Age
288 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Paperback
Release Date:30 Nov 2010
ISBN:9780817356798
Twilight of a Golden Age
Selected Poems of Abraham Ibn Ezra
Edited by Leon J. Weinberger; Translated by Leon J. Weinberger; By Abraham Ibn Ezra; Preface by Leon J. Weinberger; Introduction by Leon J. Weinberger
SERIES:
Judaic Studies Series
University of Alabama Press
Abraham ibn Eza was one of the most important scholars in Spain during the twelfth century, and the author of many books on philosophy, biblical commentaries, astronomy, Hebrew grammar, and mathematics. He was also the first to realize the need to translate the theoretical works of Jewish scholars in Al-Andalus from Arabic to Hebrew. As a sage-teacher he wandered all over Spain, Italy, France, and England, where, according to certain researchers, he died. Also considered among the most famous Jewish poets, he penned verse that exemplified high Hebrew-Spanish culture in the Middle Ages. This volume of his work is a welcome addition to lovers of and newcomers to ibn Ezra's work.
Ibn Ezra is generally considered one of the most famous Jewish poets, his writing representing the Hebrew-Spanish culture in the Middle Ages as exemplified in Twilight of the Golden Age… Unlike many other areas of Jewish studies, Hebrew poetry in general and Hebrew medieval poetry in particular, are hardly known to non-Hebrew readers. The publication of the selected poems of such an important writer is therefore very welcome.’
—Jewish Culture and History
Weinberger offers the reader a rare opportunity to become intimately acquainted with… Abraham ibn Ezra, [who] also was known and admired in the non-Jewish world, and has been immortalized in Robert Browning’s ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra.’ Weinberger is to be commended for making his poetry available in English, and for authoring a most valuable introduction to ibn Ezra’s life and work.’ —Menorah Review
Leon J. Weinberger is the author of Anthology of Hebrew Poetry in Greece, Anatolia, and the Balkans; Early Synagogue Poets in the Balkans; Jewish Poets in Crete Jewish Prince in Moslem Spain: Selected Poems of Samuel ibn Nagrela; Rabbanite and Karaite Liturgical Poetry in Southeastern Europe; and Romaniote Penitential Poetry.
