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Encyclopedia - Bahya Ibn Paquda: Encyclopedia - Bahya Ibn Paquda
Bahya ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda) Full name: Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda, known to Talmud scholars (in Hebrew) as the Rabbeinu Bechaya ("Ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bahya Ibn Paquda: Encyclopedia Ii - Bahya Ibn Paquda - Life And Works
He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics, written in Arabic in 1040 under the title Al Hidayah ila Faraid al-Qulub, Guide t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emunoth Ve-deoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Emunoth Ve-deoth - Premise And Introduction
The work was mainly written as a defence of Rabbinic Judaism against the views of the Karaites, who rejected the oral law (Mishna and Tal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon - Original Writings
He composed in 1213, on shipboard, when returning from Alexandria, Biur meha-Millot ha-Zarot, an explanation of the philosophical terms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - The Kuzari Principle
The Kuzari has given its name to a "principle" of reasoning which is derived from the book. This principle claims to logically prove the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Attributes Of God All Negative
Adopting this Neoplatonic idea of God as the one who can only be felt by the longing soul, but not grasped by the reason, Bahya finds it ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Creatio Ex Nihilo
Halevi writes that as the Jews are the only depositaries of a written history of the development of the human race from the beginning of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon - Characteristics Of His Works
The distinction of Samuel's translation is its accuracy and faithfulness to the original. Whether one approves or disapproves his introdu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Question Of Attributes
In the second essay Judah enters into a detailed discussion of some of the theological questions hinted at in the preceding one. To these...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Names Of God
The fourth essay opens with an analysis of the various names of God found in the Bible. According to Judah, all these names, with the exc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Introduction
After a short account of the incidents preceding the conversion of the king, and of the conversations of the latter with a philosopher, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Influence Of The Kuzari
Although the Kuzari failed to stem the philosophical flood which, at the time of the appearance of the work, was inundating Judaism, it e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuzari: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuzari - Arguments Against Philosophy
The fifth and last essay is devoted to a criticism of the various philosophical systems known at the time of the author. Judah attacks by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Ben Judah Ibn Tibbon - Translations
Samuel's reputation is based not on his original writings, however, but on his translations, especially on that of Maimonides' Guide for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - An Ascetic Life
There are different modes of seclusion from the world. Some, in order to lead a life devoted to the higher world, flee this world altoget...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Pedagogical Value Of Jewish Law
Worship of God, however, in obedience to the commandments of the Law is in itself certainly of unmistakable value, inasmuch as it asserts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Worship Of God
In this view, such understanding necessarily leads man to the worship of God, to which the third section, "Sha'ar Avodat Elohim" (Gate of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - His Natural Philosophy
Bahya points out a sevenfold manifestation for the creative wisdom in: (1) the combination of the elements of which the earth forms the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Unity Of God
Bahya then proceeds, following chiefly Saadia Gaon and the Motekallamin (teachers of the Kalam), to prove the unity of God by showing: (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Divine Providence
Trust in God forms the title and the subject of the fourth gate, "Sha'ar ha-Bitachon." Greater than the magical power of the alchemist wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Immortality Of The Soul
Bahya here dwells at length on the hope of immortality, which, in contradistinction to the popular belief in bodily resurrection, he find...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Repentance
The practical tendency of the book is particularly shown in the seventh section, Shaar ha-Teshuvah, the Gate of Repentance. The majority ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Humility
The sixth gate, "Sha'ar ha-Keni'ah," deals with humility. Humility is said to be manifested in gentle conduct toward one's fellowman, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Hypocrisy And Skepticism
Sincerity of purpose is the theme treated in the fifth "gate", called "Yihud ha-Ma'aseh" (Consecration of Action to God); literally, "Uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Seeing God
The next gate, entitled Shaar Heshbon ha-Nefesh, Gate of Self-Examination, contains an exhortation to take as serious view as possible of...   » Read the article