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Poets in the Jewish Tradition

  Rabbi Abraham Abulafia (1240 - 1295?)
  Naftali Bacharach (17th Century)
  Eleazar ben Kallir (6th Century)
  Yose ben Yose (5th Century)
  Joseph Gikatilla (1248 - 1325?)
  Samuel ha Nagid (993 - 1056)
  Judah Halevi (1075? - 1141)
  Hekhalot Hymns (Anonymous) (4th Century)
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 - 1972)
Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021? - 1058)
Denise Levertov (1923 - 1997)
Isaac Luria (1534 - 1572)
  Meshullam da Piera (? - 1261?)
Nachmanides (Moses ben Nachman) (1194 - 1270)
  Sarmad (? - 1659)
  Yannai (6th Century)
  Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov (1740 - 1810)
  Zohar (Moses de Leon) (1245? - 1305)







Related Links:

  Medieval Hebrew Poetry
http://www.medievalhebrewpoetry.org/

A very good resource on the great medieval Jewish poets, including Judah Halevi, Samuel Hanagid, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and others. Poetry, biographies, articles.
  Sacred-Texts.com - Judaism
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm

Online material from the Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, Haggadah, Kabbalah, and other important writing throughout history.
 

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