The Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart.
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 th...
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Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, The,
1973
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Translator's Introduction; Notes to Translator's Introduction; The Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart; Introduction; Chapter One: On the Unity of God; Chapter Two: On the Explanation of the Aspects of Meditation upon Creation and God's Abundant Grace Shown in It; Chapter Three: On Our Obligation of Obedience to God; Chapter Four: On the Reliance upon God Alone; Chapter Five: On the Pure Devotion of All Acts to God Alone; Chapter Six: On Humility before God.
- Chapter Seven: The Explanation of the Aspects of Repentance, What is Essential to It, and Its ConsequencesChapter Eight: On Self-Reckoning for God's Sake; Chapter Nine: On Asceticism, Its Kinds and Advantages; Chapter Ten: On the True Love of God; Appendix Translated by David Goldstein; Selected Bibliography; General Index; Index of Biblical Passages; Index of Talmudic Passages.
