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BARYA, IBN PAQUDA

BARYA, See also:
IBN
IBN PAQUDA , a Jewish ethical writer who flourished at See also:

Saragossa in the 11th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In 1040 he wrote in Arabic a See also:

TREATISE

treatise, Duties of the See also:

Heart. This See also:

BOOK

book was one of the most significant and influential Jewish See also:

WORKS

works of the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. Bahya portrays an intensely spiritual conception of See also:

religion, and rises at times to See also:

GREAT

great heights of impassioned See also:

MYSTICISM (from Or. µuety, to shut the eyes; µuorrts, one initiated into the mysteries)

mysticism. 1 Including See also:

MISS

Miss Tinne's See also:

MOTHER

mother and aunt and Dr Steudne,r. The See also:

Law, in the rabbinical sense, was reverenced by Bahya, and he converted it into See also:

PART

part and See also:

PARCEL (Fr. parcelle, Ital. particella, Lat. particela, diminutive of pars, part)

parcel of the See also:

JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew's inner See also:

LIFE

life. The book is divided into ten parts: the Unity of See also:

GOD

God; Contemplation; See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

Worship; See also:

TRUST

Trust; See also:

CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

Consecration; Humility; Repentance; Self-Examination; the Ascetic Life; the Love of God. Some selections from Bal ya's See also:

WORK

work have been rendered into See also:

ENGLISH

English by E. See also:

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