Vulture in a Cage

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 to the realization of his spiritual ambition of elevating his soul to the empyrean. Ibn Gabirol's poetry is enormously influential, laying the groundwork for generations of Hebrew poets who follow him--rocky and harsh, full of original imagery and barbed wit, and yet no one surpassed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0914671553
• ISBN13: 9780914671558
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 7.4"