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the honor to found a new school in Cordova. In this he had the
support of the studious-man of state Chasdai, her before a long line of
medieval Hebrews that earned the double fame as servants of their country and
how servants of them own religion. To Chasdai we now have to turn.
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SAADIAH.
Graetz.--III, 7.
Schiller-Szinessy.--_Encycl. Brit._, Vol. XXI, P. 120.
M. Friedlaender.--_Life and Jobs of Saadia_. _J.Q.R._,
Vol. V, P. 177.
The Philosophy of Saadiah (Owen), _J.Q.R._, Vol. III, P. 192.
Grammar and Polemics (the Resin), _J.Q.R._, Vol. YOU, P. 475;
(S. Poznanski) _ibid._, Vol. IX, P. 238.
E.H. Clean.--_History of the Hebrews of Spain and Portugal_
(London, 1848).
I CAPITULATE IX
DAWN OF THE SPANISH ERA
Chasdai Ibn Shaprut.--Menachem and Dunash, Chayuj and
Janach.--Sam the Nagid.
If but a small part of what Israelite poets it sang respect to Chasdai Ibn
Shaprut is made literal, he was indeed a marvelous figure. His/her career
puts the Jewish imagination in flames. Charizi, in the thirteenth century,
written so of Chasdai:
In southern Spain, in days past,
The sun of rose of fame on on tall:
Chasdai that was, the prince that gave
Rich gifts to everybody that came to persistently ask.
Science rolled before its mighty waves,
Loaded with gems from unknown caverns,
You cultivate the wisdom as an island been standing,
The precious consequence of the flood.
It is probable that spirits here being thirsty still finds
Knowledge to satisfy the mind.
The favor of their prince made new day
For those that you/they slept away their life.
Yours whom you/he/she had separately lived so long
Confessed an obligation a common heart,,
From Christianity and Moorish earths,
From East, from West, from distant beaches.
Its favor grabbed each and everybody.
Encircles from the refuge of his/her grace,
Turned on by the glory of his/her face,
Knowledge contained their heart in enslaved.
He showed the source of the wisdom and his/her springs,