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Duties of the Heart

By Baḥya ibn Paquda

First written c. 1080

About this book

Hyamson’s translation of Baḥya’s Ḥovot ha-Levavot, in its Hebrew version by Judah ibn Tibbon: ten gates on God’s unity, trust, sincerity, humility, repentance, self-examination, abstinence and the love of God.

The edition

Title
Duties of the Heart
Translated by
Moses Hyamson
Year
1925
Edition
Hebrew text and English translation, in several volumes

Availability

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Period

Medieval500 CE to 1500 CE

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