Philosophie et Exegese dans le Jardin de la metaphore de Moise Ibn 'Ezra, Philosophe et Poete Andalou du XIIe Siecle

This volume deals with the philosophical and exegetical doctrines of one of the greatest figures of the Golden Age of Spain - Moses Ibn 'Ezra, as they appear in his Garden of the Metaphor (Maqalat al-hadiqa). The latter, a study of man in his spiritual and physical aspects, is a resume of all that a cultured Judaeo-arabic individual should know about philosophy. The author reviews the biblical metaphors dealing with man, against the background of the intellectual and literary climate of the period.