Maḥbarot Immanuel

Maqbarot Immanuel is a collection of Hebrew verse by Immanuel Ben Solomon, a poet who lived from approximately 1260 to 1328. He is recognized as the originator of secular Hebrew poetry and spent much of his life in Rome.1

The collection, often published since 1491, is organized around a loose narrative framework and includes both sacred and secular works, some of which are notably erotic. A significant portion of Maqbarot Immanuel is a vision of heaven and hell, written in the style of Dante shortly after the latter's death. Immanuel also contributed to Italian poetry and introduced the sonnet form into Hebrew literature.1