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 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...
