A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue : : Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya ibn Paquda's "Duties of the Heart" /

A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue : : Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya ibn Paquda's "Duties of the Heart" / / Diana Lobel.

Written in Judeo-Arabic in eleventh-century Muslim Spain but quickly translated into Hebrew, Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart is a profound guidebook of Jewish spirituality that has enjoyed tremendous popularity and influence to the present day. Readers who know the book primarily in its...

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Lobel, Diana,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]
©2007
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Jewish Culture and Contexts
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Physical Description:1 online resource (376 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Bah̩ya's Work in Its Judeo-Arabic Context
  • 1. Philosophical Mysticism in Eleventh-Century Spain: Baḥ'ya and Ibn Gabirol
  • 2. On the Lookout The Exegesis of a Sufi Tale
  • 3. Creation
  • 4. The One
  • 5. Speaking about God: Divine Attributes, Biblical Language, and Biblical Exegesis
  • 6. The Contemplation of Creation (l'tibār)
  • 7. Wholehearted Devotion (lkhlāṣ ): Purification of Unity (lkhlāṣ al-Tawḥi ̄d), Purification of Intention in Action (Ikhlāṣ al-'Amal)
  • 8. Reason, Law, and the Way of the Spirit
  • 9. The Spirituality of the Law
  • 10. Awareness, Love, and Reverence (Murāqaba, Mah̩abba, Hayba/Yir'ah)
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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