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.
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2007.
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Collection: | Jewish culture and contexts.
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Table des matières:
- 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