Talk:Bahya ibn Paquda

Pronunciation
Based on the Arabic spelling بهية shouldn't the name be transliterated as Bahiyyah (beautiful) rather than 'Bahya'

HussaynKhariq (talk) 08:54, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Untitled
Surely this name is in Arabic, from the time and place and also the "ibn"? But then, how is it that the surname has a letter "P" in it when there is no such sound in Arabic? PML.


 * Hebrew and Aramaic have a "p" sound. Because of cultural and linguistic continuities between Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic, it is not uncommon for the Arabic name of a Jew to contain Hebrew or Aramaic elements or a Hebrew name to contain Arabic ones. Well, maybe less common now than it was.... Hebrew and Aramaic also enabled other languages with "p" sounds to be represented in an Arabic language context. Additionally, an invented letter "p" was added to the Arabic script shortly after the assimilation of Persia into the Khalifate to accomodate writing Persian in Arabic. DMD

I am linking this to NPOV dispute, as I do not know enough about the subject and have no sources to fix it. Such glowing remarks on such a distant historical figure (without sources) seem somewhat subjective. Words such as...
 * Bahya combined in a rare degree great depth of emotion, a vivid poetic imagination, the power of eloquence, and beauty of diction with a penetrating intellect; and he was therefore well fitted to write a work the main object of which was not to argue about and defend the doctrines of Judaism, but to appeal to the sentiments and to stir and elevate the hearts of the people. He was also broad-minded enough...
 * Perhaps something more along the lines of 'person X has been praised as "quote" by person Y, and is widely considered in Z circles to be ... (well you get the drift)
 * --Pratyeka 02:19, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Rabbeinu ?
Sorry I could not find a more subdued template, but doesn't "Rabbeinu Bachya" usually refer to Bachya ben Asher?

Dfass 17:01, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I dunno. A Rabbi told me that it *is* ibn Pakuda who is typically referred to "Rabbeinu Bachya," so I took away the template.  (I probably should not have slept in yeshiva so much!)

Merge articles?
Since we know little of is life beside Duties of the Heart - Chovot ha-Levavot we should probably combine the two articles. They also almost completely overlap.--Jayrav (talk) 17:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Any objections? if not, then I will do it later this month.--Jayrav (talk) 23:12, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Year of "Duties of the Heart"
The article as well as Jewish Encyclopedia have Bahya's date of composing "Duties of the Heart" in 1040 Encyclopedia Britannica has him writing it in 1080. Obviously it is hard to date something a millennium old, but should we include both opinions?  Valley 2 city  20:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
 * A comment added today to the main page: I'm confused. The heading lists his birth year as 1050, yet it also says he lived in the "first half of the 11th century" and that his book was published in 1040. How is this possible?)
 * I've fixed this in accordance with the most recent scholarly sources I could find (seems the year 1040 came from Jewish Encyclopedia, but more recent scholarship says 1080) Ar2332 (talk) 13:52, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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