Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations : The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Procedure and contexts of the research -- 1 Introduction -- An alternative approach to the study of conflict transformation -- An alignment of Jewish Studies and Islamic Studies -- Terms and their elusive definitions -- Academic theory and Ṣūfī epistemology -- Method and the narratives from the field -- Chapter outline -- 2 Contexts -- The land inscribed -- Religious and spiritual narratives -- Interfaith dialogue and conflict transformation in Israel -- Ṣūfī ontology and Ṣūfī hermeneutics on Self and Other -- 3 Historical encounters of Jewish and Islamic mysticism: precedents of contemporary practice in Israel -- 'Borrowings' and 'influences' or contextual integrity? -- The Jewish-Muslim interreligious encounters in Al-Andalus and Fustāt -- Philosophy and mysticism -- Ibn Masarra, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Baḥya Ibn Paqūda, and Judah Ha-Levi -- Ibn 'Arabī and Moses de Leόn -- Abraham Maimonides and the Jewish-Ṣūfīs of Egypt -- Postscript on contemporary Spain's attitude to its Judaeo-Islamic heritage -- Part II Reading the field narratives -- 4 The Derekh Avraham/Ṭarīqat Ibrahimiyya and its contemporary re-emergence in Israel -- Introduction to Part II -- Reviving the Jewish-Ṣūfī path -- The narratives of Derekh Avraham/Ṭarīqat Ibrahimiyya -- Conclusion -- 5 Beshara: lovers of Ibn 'Arabī -- Contemporary students of the Shaykh al-Akbar -- The narratives of members of the Beshara School in Israel -- Conclusion -- 6 Embracing the Ṣūfī path and the dissemination of knowledge -- Lovers and academics -- The narratives of the Jerusalem practitioners -- Conclusion -- 7 Jewish and Muslim peacemakers -- Introduction -- Peacemaker narratives -- Other grass-roots peace initiatives and organizations with a religious base -- Conclusion -- Part III Conclusion.

8 The other voice -- Recurrent themes -- Gathering the yeast: Sara's words and the other voice -- Further research and practical suggestions -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sufism and Jewish Muslim Relations investigates this practice of Sufism among Jews and Muslims in Israel and examines their potential to contribute to peace in the area. It is an original approach to the study of reconciliation, situating the activities of groups that are not explicitly acting for peace within the wider context of grass-roots peace initiatives. The author conducted in-depth interviews with those practicing Sufism in Israel, and these are both collected in an appendix and used throughout the work to analyse the approaches of individuals to Sufism and the challenges they face. It finds that participants understand encounters between Muslim and Jewish mystics in the medieval Middle East as a common heritage to Jews and Muslims practising Sufism together today, and it explores how those of different faiths see no dissonance in the adoption of Sufi practices to pursue a path of spiritual progression.

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