| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 362 pages) |
| Series |
Jewish Culture and Contexts |
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Jewish culture and contexts.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
In A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue, Diana Lobel explores the full extent to which Duties of the Heart marks the flowering of the "Jewish-Arab symbiosis," the interpenetration of Islamic and Jewish civilizations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages, 323-343) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda, active 11th century. Hidayah il fara'i al-qulub
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Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda, active 11th century -- Knowledge -- Sufism
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| SUBJECT |
Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda, active 11th century -- Knowledge -- Sufism
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Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda, active 11th century. Hidāyah ilá farāʼiḍ al-qulūb
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Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda, active 11th century. fast/nic/nac |
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Jewish ethics -- Early works to 1800
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Judaism -- Relations -- Islam.
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Sufism.
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Sufism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Interfaith relations
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Islam
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Jewish ethics
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Judaism
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Sufism
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812202656 |
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0812202651 |
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