Lobel, Diana. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812202656 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century.-Hidayah il fara'i al-qulub.<br/>Baya ben Joseph ibn Pauda,-active 11th century-Knowledge and learning.<br/>Sufism.<br/>Jewish ethics-Early works to 1800.<br/>Judaism-Relations-Islam.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1287.B23 -- H4935 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.3/6