Isaac Ibn Qapron

Active in Córdoba in the second half of the tenth century, Isaac Ibn Qapron was a disciple of Menaḥem Ibn Sarūq. He denounced the use of Arabic metrics in Hebrew poetry. Instead, he proposed the use of syllabic meter for the Hebrew language, a technique he uses in the one liturgical poem of his that survives. Also extant is a grammatical work he coauthored with Isaac Ibn Gikatilla and Judah Ibn Da’ud.