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Tables of Contents for Twilight of a Golden Age
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PREFACE
xi
2
A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
xiii
1
ABBREVIATIONS
xiv
INTRODUCTION
1
1
Biography: Crisis and Decision
1
10
The Vagabond Life
11
3
Poetry in Transition: Realism and Reality
14
5
Ibn Ezra's Astrology
19
3
The Uses of Wisdom
22
4
The Soul's Odyssey
26
3
God Is All
29
4
Israel: Lover and Beloved
33
3
Courting Israel
36
4
Transcendence and Familiarity
40
2
Israel's Diary
42
8
The Playful Side
50
5
Folk Hero
55
10
SECULAR POETRY
65
64
1. The Patron
65
1
2. Misfortune
66
2
3. On His Torn Garment
68
1
4. The Flies
69
2
5. My Honor
71
1
6. The Denizens of Morah
72
2
7. Song of the Nations
74
1
8. For Joseph b. Amram
74
4
9. Tribute to Samuel Ibn Jami
78
3
10. In Honor of Barukh Ibn Jau
81
4
11. For R. Menahem of Rome and His Son Moses
85
4
12. To His Beloved
89
3
13. Elegy on the Death of His Son Isaac
92
4
14. Lament on the Destruction of Andalusian and North African Jewry
96
4
15. A Sea Voyage
100
7
16. In a Lifetime
107
5
17. Selections From Hay ben Meqis
112
13
18. A Game of Chess
125
4
SACRED POETRY
129
120
God
129
38
19. Life's Paradox
129
1
20. God's Providence
130
2
21. God's Presence
132
3
22. I Have But One Request
135
3
23. God, My Desire
138
2
24. One Father
140
3
25. God's Identity
143
2
26. No One Shares His Power
145
3
27. He Sustains the World with His Care
148
2
28. In God's Hands
150
2
29. You Ask for No Reward
152
2
30. Ere I Knew You
154
2
31. The All Comes from Him
156
3
32. He Leaves His Mark on the Stars
159
2
33. God's Thoughts
161
3
34. God's Torah
164
3
The Soul:
167
18
35. The Soul's Passion
167
1
36. Chasing After Time's Mistakes
168
2
37. Put Away Time's Delicacies
170
1
38. The Bearer of His Wonders
171
2
39. In the Dark of My Folly
173
1
40. A Summons
174
3
41. Admonition to the Soul
177
4
42. In the Choicest Part of My Body
181
4
Israel
185
3
43. Awaiting the Redeemer
185
3
44. The Whisper of a Falling Leaf
188
2
45. My Anointed King Is Delayed
190
3
46. My Husband Has Left Me
193
2
47. The Captive
195
3
48. The Song of a Bird Frightens Her
198
3
49. Can My Courage Endure
201
3
50. My Redeemer Lives
204
3
51. Grace and Charm Are Your Weapons
207
2
52. I Named You My First Born
209
2
53. Rejoice, Virgin Daughter
211
3
54. The Visions of Ancient Seers
214
2
55. In the Fairest of Lands
216
1
56. When My Enemies Slander Me
217
4
57. They Watch My Agony and Laugh
221
3
Dialogue and Chorus:
224
25
58. Zion and Its Foes
224
5
59. The Stray Sheep
229
2
60. Perfumed With Myrrh
231
2
61. His Secret Life
233
4
62. The Spring of My Craving
237
2
63. She Lusted for Her Beloved
239
3
64. Ravished by a Lion
242
4
65. What Is There for Me among Mortals
246
3
GLOSSARY OF ARABIC AND HEBREW TERMS
249
4
BIBLIOGRAPHY
253
10
INDEX
263