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Moses ibn Ezra

1060 - 1138

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Moses ben Jacob ibn Ezra, known as Ha-Sallaḥ ("writer of penitential prayers") (Arabic: أَبُو هَارُون مُوسَى بِن يَعْقُوب اِبْن عَزْرَا, romanized: Abū Harūn Mūsà bin Yaʿqub ibn ʿAzra, Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֵּן יַעֲקֹב הַסַּלָּח אִבְּן עֶזְרָא, romanized: Mōšē bēn Yaʿăqōḇ hasSallāḥ ʾībən ʿEzrāʾ‍) was an Andalusi Jewish rabbi, philosopher, linguist, and poet. He was born in Granada about 1055–1060, and died after 1138. Ibn Ezra is considered to have had great influence in the Arabic literary world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moses ibn Ezra has received more than 83,376 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Moses ibn Ezra is the 2,699th most popular writer (down from 2,414th in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from Spain (down from 803rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

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  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Shire ha -kodesh
1956
Shire Mosheh ben Yaʻaḳov ibn ʻEzra
1928
Shirat Yiśraʼel..
Hebrew poetry, History and criticism
1923
Selected poems of Moses Ibn Ezra
Hebrew language, Texts and translations
1934
Shire ha-ḥol
1934
Shirat Yisra'el
Arabic poetry, History and criticism, Medieval Hebrew poetry
1966
Shirat Yisra'el
Arabic poetry, History and criticism, Medieval Hebrew poetry
1966
Selected poems of Moses Ibn Ezra
Hebrew language, Texts and translations
1934
Sefer ha-ʻanaḳ
1886
Shire ha-ḥol
1934
Shire ṭevaʻ
1944
Shirat Yiśraʼel..
Hebrew poetry, History and criticism
1923

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Moses ibn Ezra ranks 2,699 out of 7,302. Before him are Hildebert, Yi Kwang-su, Juliette Adam, George Tabori, Maximilian Voloshin, and Oscar Cullmann. After him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Max Gallo, Yury Yakovlev, Marianne Fredriksson, Fernand Crommelynck, and Artur Lundkvist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1060, Moses ibn Ezra ranks 10. Before him are Duncan II of Scotland, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Roger Borsa, Godfrey I, Count of Louvain, Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, and Herman II, Margrave of Baden. After him are Henry III, Count of Louvain, Albert of Aix, Richard of Salerno, Felicia of Roucy, Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Gertrude of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1138, Moses ibn Ezra ranks 7. Before him are Avempace, Bolesław III Wrymouth, Antipope Anacletus II, Irene Doukaina, Ar-Rashid, and Kiya Buzurg-Ummid. After him is Vsevolod of Pskov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Moses ibn Ezra ranks 904 out of 3,355. Before him are Montserrat Figueras (1942), Bartolomé Bermejo (1440), Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (1965), Antonio Maura (1853), Enric Prat de la Riba (1870), and Nieves Navarro (1938). After him are Pau Claris i Casademunt (1586), Juan Yagüe (1891), Adolfo Nicolás (1936), Juan Martín Díez (1775), Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz (1310), and Joan Segarra (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Moses ibn Ezra ranks 94. Before him are Alonso de Ercilla (1533), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), Miguel Delibes (1920), Juan del Encina (1468), Abraham ibn Daud (1110), and Àngel Guimerà (1845). After him are Juvencus (400), Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Cernuda (1902), Juan Marsé (1933), Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569), and Ramón Gómez de la Serna (1888).

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