“It brings to life a world we have long yearned to share more eloquently with those who could not read it for themselves.” Princeton University Press

Reviewers often highlight the book's ability to transport readers to a different era:

For those wanting to compare the translations, the Princeton University Press website also provides the original Hebrew texts online. The Dream of the Poem - Princeton University Press

Peter Cole’s The Dream of the Poem is a monumental anthology that rescues a nearly forgotten world of medieval Hebrew verse. Spanning five centuries (950–1492) in Muslim and Christian Spain, it reveals a culture where Hebrew poets adopted Arabic forms to create something entirely new: a body of work that rivals the magnificence of biblical scripture. Why It’s a Masterpiece