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Poets of Iberia.(review of 4 books)(Review)
; ...95 paper) Selected Poems of Solomon lbn Gabirol Translated by Peter Cole Princeton University...poets, Shmuel HaNagid and Solomon Ibn Gabirol. The beauty, sensuousness, and wit of...Lie in My Palace on Couches of Gold, Ibn Gabirol has written of the Messiah as a fine gazelle...
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Adon Olam.(Poem)
; ADON OLAM after Solomon Ibn Gabirol (c.1021-1058 C.E.) Lord of the world, eternal king, almighty maker of heaven and earth, the crown and source of everything, yours...
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FOUNTAIN OF LIFE.(Poem)
; ...Scheindlin, are from an untitled poem by Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosopher and poet in medieval Spain [c...scheme below follows, more or less, the pattern in Gabirol's poem.) Gabirol writes, The body alone is seen, The soul is hid...
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Night Rider
; ...Fishkoff Jerusalem Post 07-21-1995 'I know Gush Dan like the palm of my hand," says Uri Bazaz, as we turn the corner of Ibn Gabirol Street last Friday night on our way toward the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. "There isn't an alleyway from Petah Tikva to Netanya...
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Book reviews: The Pity of It All: Portrait of Jews in Germany, 1743- 1933: Orphaned by the fatherland
; ...where an unusually benign monarchy encouraged Talmudists to write romantic poetry and bishops to translate Maimonides and Ibn Gabirol into canonical Latin, melding two theologies. The second convergence arose in 19th century Germany where Jews, emancipated...
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Classic Discs
; ...as Rabbi Yehuda Halevi and Abraham Ibn-Ezra (12th century, Spain), Rabbi Elazar Azkari (16th century, Safed), and Shlomo Ibn-Gabirol (11th century, Spain). The other texts are based on either biblical verses or traditional folk songs. Together, they represent...
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No need to lament
; ...In addition to the honor and prestige, Cole, who is best-known for his translations of the medieval Hebrew poets Solomon Ibn Gabirol and Shmuel Hanagid, will receive $500,000. That such a talented and dedicated steward of literature - and a kind, gracious...
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A doorway in Seville
; ...Andalusia, in the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries, that the Jewish "Golden Age" in Spain, which produced a Shmuel Hanagid, an Ibn Gabirol, a Yehuda Halevi, and a Maimonides, reached its height. And it's not a time- consuming pursuit because, although several Andalusian...
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Before the Holocaust.(Review)
; ...where an unusually benign monarchy encouraged Talmudists to write romantic poetry and bishops to translate Maimonides and Ibn Gabirol into canonical Latin, melding two theologies. The second convergence arose in 19th century Germany where Jews, emancipated...
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Future shock cushioned by new-music series
; ...admirably relaxed virtuosity. Spaniard Luis De Pablo's piece for baritone and two horns, trombone and harp is a setting of four Ibn Gabirol texts in Hebrew. Guest baritone Dietrich Henschel seemed to have some serious problems with the diction, which also seemed...
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