A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue : Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart.
Lobel, Diana.
A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue : Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (378 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Bahya's Work in Its Judeo-Arabic Context -- 1: Philosophical Mysticism in Eleventh-Century Spain: Bahya 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 (I'tibār) -- 7: Wholehearted Devotion (Ikhlās): Purification of Unity(IKhlās al-Tawhid), Purification of Intention in Action (Ikhlās al-'Amal) -- 8: Reason, Law, and the Way of the Spirit -- 9: The Spirituality of the Law -- 10: Awareness, Love, and Reverence (Murāqaba, Mahabba, Hayba/Yir'ah) -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812202656
Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century.-Hidayah il fara'i al-qulub.
Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century-Knowledge and learning.
Sufism.
Jewish ethics-Early works to 1800.
Judaism-Relations-Islam.
Electronic books.
BJ1287.B23 -- H4935 2007eb
296.3/6
A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue : Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (378 pages) - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series . - Jewish Culture and Contexts Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Bahya's Work in Its Judeo-Arabic Context -- 1: Philosophical Mysticism in Eleventh-Century Spain: Bahya 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 (I'tibār) -- 7: Wholehearted Devotion (Ikhlās): Purification of Unity(IKhlās al-Tawhid), Purification of Intention in Action (Ikhlās al-'Amal) -- 8: Reason, Law, and the Way of the Spirit -- 9: The Spirituality of the Law -- 10: Awareness, Love, and Reverence (Murāqaba, Mahabba, Hayba/Yir'ah) -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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.
9780812202656
Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century.-Hidayah il fara'i al-qulub.
Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century-Knowledge and learning.
Sufism.
Jewish ethics-Early works to 1800.
Judaism-Relations-Islam.
Electronic books.
BJ1287.B23 -- H4935 2007eb
296.3/6