IBN ḤASAN, JEKUTHIEL BEN ISAAC
- IBN ḤASAN, JEKUTHIEL BEN ISAAC
- IBN ḤASAN, JEKUTHIEL BEN ISAAC (d. 1039), statesman and
philanthropist. He was the patron of solomon ibn gabirol who
dedicated many of his poems to him. At times, however, he withheld his
generosity, and Ibn Gabirol complained about this in some of his
writings. Ibn Ḥasan filled an important post in one of the Muslim
princedoms in Spain, where he also held a key position in the Jewish
community and defended Jewish rights. Well-versed in Torah and
halakhah, he seems to have tried his hand at writing poetry
also. In 1039 he was deposed and executed. The circumstances of his
downfall are unknown, but a year later it became evident that he had
been innocent, and those responsible for his death were executed. Ibn
Gabirol wrote three dirges in his memory.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
H. Schirmann, in: Keneset, Divrei Soferimle-Zekher Ḥ.N.
Bialik, 10 (1946), 244–50; Ḥ.N. Bialik and Y.(H.) Rawnitzki
(eds.), Shirei Shelomo Ibn Gabirol, 1 (1924), 41–80; Ashtor,
Korot, 2 (1966), 161ff.
(Jefim (Hayyim) Schirmann)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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