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

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lobel, Diana
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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