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Solomon ben Judah ibn Gabirol, also known as Avicebron, was a Spanish poet and philosopher. He is thought to have been born in Malaga and later moved to Zaragoza (Saragossa). Orphaned at an early age, he wrote a number of elegies on the death of his parents. He devoted his life to philosophy and toon meer poetry and was dependent on the support of patrons. His most generous protector was Jekuthiel ben Isaac ibn Hassan. Upon Jekuthiel's death, Gabirol composed a 200-verse elegy, which is considered to be one of the finest examples of secular medieval Jewish poetry. He was one of the earliest poets to use Arabic meter. All of his poems, regardless of length, are rhymed and end with the same syllable. He is believed to have died in Valencia. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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The Fountain of Life (1970) 42 exemplaren
A Crown for the King (1961) 39 exemplaren
Selección de perlas (1977) 3 exemplaren
שירי החול 3 exemplaren
Poesía secular (1978) 2 exemplaren
La Kabbale (1988) 2 exemplaren
שירים (2007) 2 exemplaren

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ibn Gabirol, Solomon ben Yehuda
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1022 c.
Overlijdensdatum
1058 c.
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Land (voor op de kaart)
Spain
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Malaga, Caliphate of Cordoba (birth|now Spain)
Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia (death|now Spain)
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philosopher
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Solomon Ibn Gabirol was a Jewish poet and philosopher. His secular poetry deals partly with nature and love, but most of it reveals a gloom and bitterness engendered by his tragic life. Orphaned early, he spent much of his life contending with mediocre rivals and critics jealous of his scholarship. It is thought that he was murdered by a rival. Ibn Gabirol`s religious poetry is filled with a mystic awe of God, and much of it has been incorporated into the Judaic liturgy. His great philosophical work, The Well of Life, showing the influence of Neoplatonism, was written in Arabic. In its Latin translation (Fons vitae), it exercised a great influence on Christian thought. The book is an attempt to explain the universality of matter, man`s purpose in life, and the communion of man`s soul with the spiritual sources that created it. His hundreds of poems and his book of ethics, The Improvement of the Moral Qualities, were also important.

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Vulture in a Cage: Poems by Solomon Ibn Gabirol translated by Raymond P. Scheindlin is the first time these poems are presented as a collection. Solomon ibn Gabirol was an 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher with a Neo-Platonic bent. He published over a hundred poems, as well as works of biblical exegesis, philosophy, ethics, and satire. Scheindlin is Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary and a former Guggenheim Fellow. Dr. Scheindlin’s main field of research is the encounter of Hebrew and Arabic cultures in Spain, especially as embodied in the poetry of the two traditions.

Every once in a while, I find a gem in my pile of books. The idea that an 11th-century Jewish poet would be one of these treasures that came as a complete surprise. I will admit that my knowledge of Jewish poets starts with Solomon and then jumps all the way to Ginsberg. Not to take anything away from the poet, but Scheindlin does a superb job of translating the poetry to modern English. Unlike many translations of older works that are translated into older or very formal English, Scheindlin uses simple language and completely captures the essence of the work with elegance.

Perhaps, one of the unique aspects of Gabirol's writing is in his devotional poems. He may be the first poet to address God on intimate terms. This familiarity with his creator plays into his ego as writes:

I've sculpted my own poems out of pearls. My poems elevate me well above the people of my age -- indeed, all ages.

A prince am I, and poems are my subjects; a lyre am I for bards and singers all.
My songs are coronets for kings and turbans for the heads of courtiers.


But some, or a great deal, of that boasting, is well earned:

The heavens dressed in black, the moon seemed dead, buried by the clouds.
...
The night put on black chain mail --
thunder pierced it with a lightning lance,
and then the lightning fluttered through the sky as if to mock its fate,
for like a bat the darkness spread its wings, and when they saw its flash,
the crows of darkness fled.


Gabirol places a great deal of emphasis on wisdom. He writes that he values nothing more than wisdom. If his heart rejected wisdom, he would turn against his heart. He was fortunate to be at the right place at the right time. Being born and raised in Moorish Spain, Gabirol enjoyed what most Europeans were missing. He lived in an enlightened environment with education and with a population that did not expel the Jews like earlier Christians in Spain did. During Gabirol’s lifetime, the Jewish population flourished in Spain and he could turn to his art without fear or worry.

The presentation of and translation of Gabirol’s work by Scheindlin is beyond well done. He shows the original Hebrew along with the translated work for anyone fluent in both languages. It is applicable to all who enjoy poetry regardless of religion or literary preference. The subjects are wide-ranging and do not seem to be trapped in a medieval mindset. The words and writing are clear and meaningful and make this a collection worth keeping.
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evil_cyclist | Mar 16, 2020 |
SELECCIÓN DE PERLAS

Este libro está pensado para aquellas personas preocupadas por los derechos humanos, pero no familiarizadas con las fuentes bíblicas y talmúdicas. En estas páginas se examina la importante aportación de la Biblia y de la antigua tradición judía a ese capítulo de los derechos humanos al que tan sensible es el hombre de nuestro tiempo.

Los libros bíblicos recogieron numerosas disposiciones y preceptos, “estatutos y sentencias justos”. Los rabinos de la época talmúdica los enriquecieron aportando sus propios puntos de vista, si bien el concepto de justicia y sus exigencias han ido cambiando con el paso del tiempo. Junto a perspectivas claramente en consonancia con los derechos humanos, el lector de hoy puede extrañarse de encontrar en la Biblia y en el Talmud discriminaciones que nos parecen insostenibles, o leyes que se han hecho arcaicas. No obstante, el autor defiende que en el contexto de la vida de la sociedad antigua la mayor parte de ellas son de carácter progresista.… (meer)
 
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FundacionRosacruz | Feb 3, 2018 |
LA FUENTE DE LA VIDA

Esta obra, la más importante de Ibn Gabirol, tiene el mérito de ser el primer tratado de metafísica estricta redactado en España. Libro de cabecera de los escolásticos occidentales, es un verdadero monumento del silogismo y el raciocinio, de gran rigor lógico y conceptual. Perdido pronto el texto original árabe, sólo ha quedado la versión latina de Dominico Gundisalvo y Juan Hispano (s.XII) y la hebrea de Semtob ibn Falaquera (s.XIII) que, aun siendo interesantísima y testigo de categoría del original árabe, no suplanta en modo alguno a la versión latina, la única completa. Ésta sirvió de base a la buena traducción de F. de Castro (1901) que, no obstante, por contener errores y erratas y no ajustarse plenamente al texto crítico de C. Bauemker, ha sido revisada y corregida, para esta edición,Garcia Valverde

Salomón Ibn Gabirol fue el más importante de los poetas hispano-judíos,tempranos,entre los cuales podemos señalar a Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli, además de Ibn Yahya Ibn Jebirul y en hebreo, Shlomo ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol .
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