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

by Diana Lobel

Written 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812239539
• ISBN13: 9780812239539
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"