Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Ha-Levi's Kuzari.(Book Review) From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Abrahamov, Binyamin | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Oriental Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By DIANA LOBEL. SUNY Series in Jewish Philosophy. Albany: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, 2000. Pp. x + 277. $23.95.

The Kuzari by the Jewish poet and thinker Judah Ha-Levi (d. shortly after 1141), presents a fictional dialogue between a Khazar king and a philosopher, a Christian, a Muslim, and a Jew (Haver). The work aimed at defending Judaism against Aristotelian philosophy, Christianity, and Islam, while upholding Judaism as the most exalted religion. Written in J...