Baḥya b. Paqūda

by Lobel, Diana

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Baḥya b. Paqūda of Saragossa wrote the Judaeo-Arabic classic Kitāb al-hidāya ilā farāʾiḍ al-qulūb (“Guidebook to the duties of the heart”) (c. 440–70/1050–80)—translated into Hebrew by Yehuda (Judah) Ibn Tibbon as Ḥovot ha-levavot (“Duties of the heart”)—a work that creatively integrates rabbinic Judaism, rationalist theology (kalām) , Neoplatonic philosophy, and Islamic mysticism (Ṣūfism). We know little about Baḥya other than his book. In the introduction to his translation, Ibn Tibbon inform…

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Baḥya b. Paqūda of Saragossa wrote the Judaeo-Arabic classic Kitāb al-hidāya ilā farāʾiḍ al-qulūb (“Guidebook to the duties of the heart”) (c. 440–70/1050–80)—translated into Hebrew by Yehuda (Judah) Ibn Tibbon as Ḥovot ha-levavot (“Duties of the heart”)—a work that creatively integrates rabbinic Judaism, rationalist theology (kalām) , Neoplatonic philosophy, and Islamic mysticism (Ṣūfism). We know little about Baḥya other than his book. In the introduction to his translation, Ibn Tibbon informs us that Baḥya was a dayyan , a judge of the rabbinical

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1314

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eng Islam

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Lobel, Diana

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