JEWISH SUFISM IN MEDIEVAL ISLAM

This article is a literary research and preliminary examination to a unique interaction between Jews and Sufism that taken place in medieval Islamic ruling. In the face of the present antagonistic posture of Jews and Muslims relationship that dominates the public sphere, in history, there are some e...

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Published in:Jurnal Kawistara
Main Author: Leonard C. Epafras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: the Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada 2011-12-01
Subjects:
jewish mysticism
interfaith interaction
history of religion
jewish-muslim relationship
Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/kawistara/article/view/3931
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Summary:This article is a literary research and preliminary examination to a unique interaction between Jews and Sufism that taken place in medieval Islamic ruling. In the face of the present antagonistic posture of Jews and Muslims relationship that dominates the public sphere, in history, there are some examples of interaction of the two people beyond confictual narrative. One of them is Jewish mysticism that adopted Sufism into their spiritual ideal, which took place in the medieval era. We might call the phenomenon tentatively as “Jewish Sufism.”
ISSN:2088-5415
2355-5777

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