Outsider/Insider: Shlomo Ibn Gabirol and Moshe Ibn Ezra

🌅 Today we explore the lives of two poet-philosophers, one the ultimate well-heeled Andalusi insider and the other an idiosyncratic, semi-tragic genius—both of whom wrote soul-stirring poetry.

You’re reading Stories from Jewish History, a weekly newsletter exploring Jewish thinkers, events, and artifacts, from the famous to the obscure. Last week, we focused on three great halachists of the Muslim period in Spain, including their continuities in later Christian Sefarad. Today, we follow the path of one scholar’s student, R. Moshe Ibn Ezra, al…