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Bahya Ben Joseph ibn Pakuda (fl. Eleventh Century)
Bahya Ben Joseph ibn Pakuda (bä’hē-yä ben yō’sef ben pä-kō’dä). A noted Jewish poet and religious writer; lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the eleventh century. He is best known by his mystical meditations and exhortations to the spiritual life called ‘Duties of the Heart,’ written by him in Arabic and translated into Hebrew. It was translated into Spanish (1610) and English (1894).