Faith and Trust

An Introduction to Judeo-Arabic Thought

Diana Lobel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2024
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9798887193977 (ISBN)

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This groundbreaking study explores concepts of faith, conviction, and trust in the Judeo-Arabic tradition—from Saadya to Maimonides—highlighting themes like loyalty, certainty, and devotion. It reveals a shared spiritual language between Jewish and Islamic thought, philosophy, and mysticism.

This broad-ranging study, the first full-length investigation of conceptions of faith and trust in the Judeo-Arabic tradition, explores a family of related concepts—faith (imān, emunah), conviction (i‘tiqād), and trust/reliance (tawakkul/ittikāl)—in Saadya, Baḥya, Halevi, Maimonides, Abraham Maimonides, and the Egyptian pietist circle of Abraham he-Ḥasid. The work points to a rich spectrum of conceptions of faith and trust—from the purely cognitive to the experiential and affective. What emerges are themes of faithfulness, loyalty, experiential certainty, and trustworthiness, expressed in devotion to a way of life that embodies these ideals. The virtue of trust expresses steadfast commitment to the truth. This study vividly illustrates the “Jewish-Arab symbiosis,” highlighting the shared spiritual language and rich, intertwined worlds of Islamic and Jewish philosophy, theology, and mysticism.

Diana Lobel, Associate Professor of Religion, Boston University, is author of Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari (2000), A Sufi -Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Ba ḥya Ibn Paq ūda’s Duties of the Heart (2007), The Quest for God and the Good (2011), Philosophies of Happiness (2017), and Moses and Abraham Maimonides: Encountering the Divine (2021).

Acknowledgements

Glossary of Key Terms (Arabic-Greek-Hebrew)

Glossary of Key Terms (English)

Introduction

Wolfson’s Double Faith Theory: The Greek and Arabic Aristotle on Epistemological Conviction (Pistis/Taṣdīq) with Respect to First Principles (Archai/Mabādi’, Awā’il)
Saadya Gaon: Faith (Amānā) Becomes Rational Conviction (I‘tiqād)
Baḥya ibn Paquda: Reliance on God (Tawakkul)
Judah Halevi and al-Ghazālī: Faith as Fruitional Experience (Dhawq and Mushāhada)
Maimonides: Conviction (I‘tiqād) and Faith/Trust (Īmān, Emunah)
Abraham Maimonides and al-Ghazālī on Trust (Ittikāl, Tawakkul)
The Circle of Abraham he-Ḥasid: Unveiling (Kashf) and Experiential Faith (Īmān, Yaqīn)

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	30.01.2024
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Gewicht	671 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9798887193977 / 9798887193977
Zustand	Neuware