Jewish pietism of the Sufi type

(Translated by the author)The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a poorly known trend in Judaism that developed in the medieval Jewish community of Cairo, and forms the background for the manuscript that I am in the process of translating.A brief description to the features of this manus...

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Publicat a:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/bcrfj,
Autor principal: Loubet, Mireille
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem 2008
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:(Translated by the author)The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to a poorly known trend in Judaism that developed in the medieval Jewish community of Cairo, and forms the background for the manuscript that I am in the process of translating.A brief description to the features of this manuscript will serve as an introduction to my approach, which aims at shedding light on a successful encounter between Islam and Judaism. This religious symbiosis, as exemplary as it is surprising, con...