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Abun ben Sharada
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or A Spanish poet; flourished at the beginning of the eleventh century, first at Lucena, afterward at Seville. None of his poetical works has survived; and his name is known only from quotations made by poets like Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses ibn Ezra, and Judah Al-Ḥarizi. In a poem attributed to Solomon ibn Gabirol (compare Dukes, in "Orient," 11:267) Abun is mentioned immediately after the lexicographer Menahem ben Saruk. Moses ibn Ezra, in his "Diwan" (compare Neubauer, "Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS." No. 1972, 2:12), eulogizes his life in one poem and bewails his death in another. The eulogy, however, seems to be concerned with the man rather than with the poet. Indeed, Judah Al-Ḥarizi ("Taḥkemoni," ) classes Abun among the poets whose works have been forgotten because they were of but little interest.
- Dukes, Naḥal Ḳedumim, p. 7;
- Kerem Ḥemed, 5:86;
- Moses ibn Ezra, Diwan, pp. 13, 14;
- Brody, in the Steinschneider-Festschrift, Hebrew part, p. 34;
- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. cols. 1739, 2314, 2462.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Abun ben Sharada'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/abun-ben-sharada.html. 1901.
