Verwandte Artikel zu Littman Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart...

Littman Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization) - Softcover

Ibn Pakuda

 
9781904113232: Littman Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1904113230 ISBN 13: 9781904113232
Verlag: Liverpool University Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Bahya Ibn Pakuda was born c. 1050, and lived for some time in Saragossa in Spain. His major work was written in Arabic, but it is most well-known by its Hebrew title Hovot ha-Levavot (Duties of the Heart). It enjoyed enormous popularity and was reprinted many times.

In the book Bahya investigates the motivation of Jewish practice and embarks on a philosophical enquiry into the nature of God, religion, and man. He was very much influenced by the Neoplatonism of his age, as well as by the Muslim mystics.

This edition by Menahem Mansoor is the first translation of the work from the original Arabic text, and this shows a number of variations from the Hebrew version. He has added an Introduction and Notes which draw attention to the influences on Bahya's thought and to other relevant material.

'The accepted and normative translation . . . reliable and readable. This book belongs in even the smallest collections of Judaica, as well as of ethical literature.' Choice

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
Liverpool University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1904113230
ISBN 13 
9781904113232
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
482
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

Europaallee 1
Bad Hersfeld
36244
Deutschland