{"product_id":"a-sufi-jewish-dialogue-philosophy-and-mysticism-in-bahya-ibn-paqudas-duties-of-the-heart-hardcover-1","title":"A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya Ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Lobel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sufi-Jewish Dialogue Philosophy and Mysticism in Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart Diana Lobel \"It is difficult to imagine a timelier book that this. . . . Outstanding.\"--\u003ci\u003eSpeculum\u003c\/i\u003e \"An ambitious attempt to fill a long-standing lacuna in the history of Jewish thought by presenting a synthesis and evaluation of Bahya in his intellectual context. It draws on over a century of scholarship, suggests some new sources for Bahya and new readings of old sources, and offers an interpretation of his thought.\"--Charles H. Manekin, University of Maryland \"This manuscript contains a subtle, probing, and rich exposition of the key issue of devotional self-examination within Jewish and Islamic mysticism. The author has a superb sense of Arabic, Sufi mystical psychology, and the extraordinary dialogue (sometimes openly acknowledged, often left unacknowledged) among Jewish, Islamic, Christian, and Greek traditions at the time of Ibn Paquda.\"--Michael Sells, University of Chicago \"Lobel illustrates the power of philology in the best sense. Her critical ear for the nuances and history of Arabo- Islamic terminology . . . enables her to probe the deep structural penetration of Sufi ideas in the work of Jewish thinkers and seekers. To put it another way, \u003ci\u003eA Sufi-Jewish Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e traces the process by which Arabo-Islamic conceptual frames are imported into Judaism through shared use of the Arabic language. . . . Lobel is keenly attuned to the historical dimension of the work and its place in the cultural and intellectual history of the Jews of al-Andalus and all of Islam.\"--\u003ci\u003eTMR\u003c\/i\u003e Written in Judeo-Arabic in eleventh-century Muslim Spain but quickly translated into Hebrew, Bahya Ibn Paquda's \u003ci\u003eDuties of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eA Sufi-Jewish Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Lobel explores the full extent to which \u003ci\u003eDuties of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e marks the flowering of the \"Jewish-Arab symbiosis,\" the interpenetration of Islamic and Jewish civilizations. \u003cb\u003eDiana Lobel\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBetween Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari\u003c\/i\u003e. Jewish Culture and Contexts 2006 376 pages 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-3953-9 Cloth $59.95s  39.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-0265-6 Ebook $59.95s  39.00 World Rights Religion Short copy: In \u003ci\u003eA Sufi-Jewish Dialogue\u003c\/i\u003e, Diana Lobel explores the full extent to which \u003ci\u003eDuties of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e marks the flowering of the \"Jewish-Arab symbiosis,\" the interpenetration of Islamic and Jewish civilizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiana Lobel is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. She is the author of Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596706844768,"sku":"9780812239539","price":153.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/NW5pZlZhdzI3a2w5THd6M3d5N2hTUT09.webp?v=1771649680","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/a-sufi-jewish-dialogue-philosophy-and-mysticism-in-bahya-ibn-paqudas-duties-of-the-heart-hardcover-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}