Ibn Gabirol

Solomon ibn Gabirol (c. 1021-1058) was an Andalusian Jewish philosopher and poet who wrote Fons Vitae (The Fountain of Life) in Arabic, a Neoplatonic philosophical work so universal in its approach that it was translated into Latin and widely read by medieval Christian scholastics who believed the author was a Christian or Arab. His Hebrew poetry is considered among the finest in the Jewish literary tradition.

Wrote Fons Vitae, a landmark Neoplatonic philosophical work blending Jewish and Islamic thought that deeply influenced medieval Christian scholasticism; created sublime Hebrew liturgical poetry including Keter Malkhut (Royal Crown).