{"product_id":"poems-from-the-diwan-paperback","title":"Poems from the Diwan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYehuda Halevi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGabriel Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYehuda Halevi, who wrote both secular and devotional poems, is considered one of the finest poets in post-biblical Hebrew literature. Suffused with warmth, moving easily between the mundane and the otherworldly, and, above all, delicately elegiac, the poet's voice cuts across all the literary genres and religious modes on which he drew. Born in the second half of the 11th century, Halevi wandered in his youth between Muslim and Christian Spain before settling in Cordoba around 1110. Towards the end of his life, to the amazement and consternation of his friends and admirers, he set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, at the time under Crusader rule. He arrived in Alexandria in 1140 and recorded his perilous sea voyage in a celebrated sequence of poems, remarkable for their fusion of startling realism and religious longing. Months later Halevi embarked for Palestine. The exact date, location and circumstances of his death have remained a mystery. Gabriel Levin was born in France in 1948 and grew up in the United States and Israel. His first collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eSleepers of Beulah\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1992 and his mucb-praised second collection, \u003ci\u003eOstraca\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in late 1999. He lives in Jerusalem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the second half of the 11th century, \u003cb\u003eHalevi\u003c\/b\u003e wandered in his youth between Muslim and Christian Spain before settling in Cordoba around 1110. He later set out on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, at the time under Crusader rule. The exact circumstances of his death have remained a mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eGabriel Levin\u003c\/b\u003e was born in France, grew up in the United States, and has lived in Jerusalem since 1972. He has published two collections of poetry and several translations from Hebrew, French and Arabic. He is a founding editor of Ibis Editions, a small press established in Jerusalem in 1997 for the publication, in English, of literature from the Levant.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.44 x 5.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758014791968,"sku":"9780856463334","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c5f6447e9a4b96ce98a939f38f1e929.webp?v=1780116600","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poems-from-the-diwan-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}