User:Sandbergja/Jewish homoerotic poetry from Al-Andalus

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Jewish poets in Al-Andalus wrote a considerable amount of homoerotic poetry^[1], particularly during the golden age of Jewish culture in Spain (900-1100). The authors of these poems were the great rabbis and scholars of the day, community leaders such as Ibn Gabirol, Shemuel ibn Nagrella, Moses ibn Ezra and Yehudah Halevi^[2]. This poetry can be described as a "poetry of desire"; poems do not necessarily reflect lived experiences, but may also reflect unrequited feelings of longing.