LEADER 04572nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910787543203321 005 20220304211709.0 010 $a0-8122-0265-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812202656 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418200 035 $a(EBL)3442078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001052020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11602062 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001052020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11076896 035 $a(PQKB)10712418 035 $a(OCoLC)859160677 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26730 035 $a(DE-B1597)449121 035 $a(OCoLC)979580239 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812202656 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442078 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418200 100 $a20060519d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Sufi-Jewish dialogue$b[electronic resource] $ephilosophy and mysticism in Baya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the heart /$fDiana Lobel 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 0 $aJewish culture and contexts 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8122-3953-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p., [323]-343) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: Bah?ya's Work in Its Judeo-Arabic Context --$t1. Philosophical Mysticism in Eleventh-Century Spain: Ba?'ya and Ibn Gabirol --$t2. On the Lookout The Exegesis of a Sufi Tale --$t3. Creation --$t4. The One --$t5. Speaking about God: Divine Attributes, Biblical Language, and Biblical Exegesis --$t6. The Contemplation of Creation (l'tib?r) --$t7. Wholehearted Devotion (lkhl?? ): Purification of Unity (lkhl?? al-Taw?i ?d), Purification of Intention in Action (Ikhl?? al-'Amal) --$t8. Reason, Law, and the Way of the Spirit --$t9. The Spirituality of the Law --$t10. Awareness, Love, and Reverence (Mur?qaba, Mah?abba, Hayba/Yir'ah) --$tList of Abbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aWritten in Judeo-Arabic in eleventh-century Muslim Spain but quickly translated into Hebrew, Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart is a profound guidebook of Jewish spirituality that has enjoyed tremendous popularity and influence to the present day. Readers who know the book primarily in its Hebrew version have likely lost sight of the work's original Arabic context and its immersion in Islamic mystical literature. In A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue, Diana Lobel explores the full extent to which Duties of the Heart marks the flowering of the "Jewish-Arab symbiosis," the interpenetration of Islamic and Jewish civilizations. Lobel reveals Bahya as a maverick who integrates abstract negative theology, devotion to the inner life, and an intimate relationship with a personal God. Bahya emerges from her analysis as a figure so steeped in Islamic traditions that an Arabic reader could easily think he was a Muslim, yet the traditional Jewish seeker has always looked to him as a fountainhead of Jewish devotion. Indeed, Bahya represents a genuine bridge between religious cultures. He brings together, as well, a rationalist, philosophical approach and a strain of Sufi mysticism, paving the way for the integration of philosophy and spirituality in the thought of Moses Maimonides. A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue is the first scholarly book in English about a tremendously influential work of medieval Jewish thought and will be of interest to readers working in comparative literature, philosophy, and religious studies, particularly as reflected in the interplay of the civilizations of the Middle East. Readers will discover an extraordinary time when Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinkers participated in a common spiritual quest, across traditions and cultural boundaries. 410 0$aJewish Culture and Contexts 606 $aJewish ethics$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam 606 $aSufism 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aReligion. 610 $aReligious Studies. 615 0$aJewish ethics 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xIslam. 615 0$aSufism. 676 $a296.3/6 700 $aLobel$b Diana$01520993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787543203321 996 $aA Sufi-Jewish dialogue$93809412 997 $aUNINA