Isaac ibn Khalfun

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Isaac ibn Khalfun is written by Ann Brener and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004496564 (ISBN 10) and 9789004496569 (ISBN 13).

A unique figure in medieval Jewish history, Isaac ibn Khalfun was a professional poet during the Golden Age of Hebrew poetry in Spain. Like the Arabic poets of his day, Ibn Khalfun wandered throughout the Mediterranean east in search of wealthy patrons, writing panegyrics for those who complied, and witty, often pointed requests for payment from those who did not. His poems, which were not rediscovered until the twentieth century, are as fascinating for their literary quality as for the light which they shed on medieval Jewish society in the lands of Islam.