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The kingly crown. Newly translated with an introd. and notes by Bernard Lewis.
Author
Ibn Gabirol, active 11th century
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
London, Vallentine, Mitchell [1961]
Description
91 p. 23 cm.
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Firestone Library - Near East Collections
PJ5050.I3 K43 1961
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Subject(s)
Cabala
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Mysticism
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Judaism
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Poetry
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Jewish philosophy
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Poetry
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Jewish literature
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Ibn Gabirol active 11th century
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Keter malkhut
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Editor
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018
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Translator
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-2018
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Summary note
The Kingly Crown is the greatest of Gabirol's poems. Its theme is the problem of the human predicament: the frailty of man and his proclivity to sin, in tension with a benign providence that must leave room for the operation of man's free will and also make available to him the means of penitence. The Kingly Crown is still printed in prayerbooks of the Sephardic rite for the Day of Atonement, and among North African Jewish communities (and their offshoots in Israel and elsewhere) it is read communally before the morning service of the Day. In northern Europe and the West this custom has lapsed, however the Kingly Crown is still used for private penitential reading.
Notes
Poem.
Translation of Kether Malkhut.
Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. 69-70.
LCCN
61065584
OCLC
643078
Other standard number
x280744039
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