predecessors, Ibn Ezra begins his review of Biblical history not with Adam, but with the giving of the Torah. The piyyuttim which come after the text of the Temple service, especially the piyyut "Ashrei" (Happy is the eye that beheld it) are considered by many to be of remarkable beauty. Family controversy It was believed that a primary reason besides the invasion of Granada that caused Ibn Ezra to leave and never return home is an alleged love affair he had with his niece. Subtle signs of this affair can be inferred from some of his poems. For example, in one of his poems Ibn Ezra writes of a love affair he had and dedicates the poem to his brother Isaac. Ibn Ezra's brothers and nephews reputedly opposed the affair, and this in turn led to problems within the family. This affair, however, remains only a theory proposed by S. D. Luzzatto. References Editions Moses Ibn Ezra, Diwan, 3 vols: vol. 1 ed. by Hayim/Heinrich Brody (Berlin, 1935); vol. 2 ed. by Hayim/Heinrich Brody (Jerusalem, 1941); vol. 3 ed. by D. Pagis (Jerusalem, 1978). Selected Poems of Moses ibn Ezra, ed. by Heinrich Brody, trans. by Solomon Solis-Cohen (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1934) Poems in Hebrew at Ben Yehuda Project 12th-century rabbis in al-Andalus Hebrew-language poets Jewish poets 11th-century births 12th-century deaths 11th-century writers from al-Andalus 12th-century writers from al-Andalus People from Granada 12th-century Spanish philosophers 11th-century Spanish philosophers 11th-century rabbis in al-Andalus