Books by Raymond P. Scheindlin Vulture in a Cage: Poems by Solomon Ibn Gabirol “Vulture in a cage,” Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s own self-description, is an apt image for a poet who was obsessed with the impediments posed by the body and the material world...
Books by Raymond P. Scheindlin The Song of the Distant Dove: Judah Halevi’s Pilgrimage Judah Halevi (ca. 1075-1141) is the best known and most beloved of medieval Hebrew poets, partly because of his passionate poems of longing for the Land of Israel and partly...
Books by Raymond P. Scheindlin Wine, Women, and Death: Medieval Hebrew Poems on the Good Life The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew...
Books by Raymond P. Scheindlin The Gazelle: Medieval Hebrew Poems on God, Israel, and the Soul The Spanish rabbi-poets, among them Judah Halevi and Solomon Ibn Gabirol actually used themes from love poetry and from Arabic philosophy to express religious ideas. These...
Books by Raymond P. Scheindlin The Book of Job “An extraordinary and invaluable version of this great biblical treasure.” ―David R. Slavitt, Philadelphia Inquirer “…a beautiful new translation and a profound commentary…” ...
