Introduction -- Secular Hebrew poetry in Spain as courtly poetry: is it indeed? -- The secular Hebrew poet as culture hero in the Middle Ages -- GENRES AND THEMES. The land of Israel and the national theme in Hebrew poetry from Saadia Gaon to Semuel ha-Nagid -- The religious element in the war poems of Semuel ha-Nagid and in the Arabic panegyrics in Andalusia -- Love in Hebrew secular poetry in the setting of medieval Arabic poetry -- Music and musical instruments in Spanish medieval Hebrew poetry : the poem of Yosef ibn Addiq (Justo) in praise of Ishaq ibn Barun -- The chase as an allegory for the wrong and sufferings in the world as found in Takemoni by Yehuda Alarizi against the background of Arabic poetry -- POETRY AND WISDOM. The beloved woman as a metaphor for divine wisdom in the poems of Selomo ibn Gabirol -- Selomo ibn Gabirol: he that, from his youth, chose wisdom -- Body and soul in Spanish Hebrew poetry against the background of Muslim-Arabic culture -- Aa comparative study between sayings attributed to Aristotle and poetic verses attributed to Mutanabbi -- ARABIC RHETORIC AND POETRY IN MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY. Yehuda ha-Levi's Hebrew translations of Aabic poems -- -- CRITCISIM OF VERSE. Yehuda ha-Levi's attitude toward Arabic and Hebrew secular poetry and literature in the Kuzari -- Maimonides' attitude towards secular poetry, secular Arab and Hebrew literature, liturgical poetry, and towards their cultural environment -- Sem Tov ibn Falaqera's critique of poetry.
