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• BAḤYA — (Pseudo), name given to the author of the Neoplatonic work Kitāb Maʿānī al Nafs ( On the Essence of the Soul, Ar. version ed. by I. Goldziher, 1902; translated into Heb. by I.D. Broydé, 1896), at one time attributed to Baḥya ibn Paquda . Nothing… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• śabda — ▪ Indian philosophy       (Sanskrit: “sound”), in Indian philosophy, verbal testimony as a means of obtaining knowledge. In the orthodox philosophical systems (darśana), śabda is equated with the authority of the Vedas (most ancient sacred… …   Universalium

• MIRACLE — Biblical Hebrew has no word corresponding to the English miracle. Occasionally, the Bible mentions wonders (peleʾ, niflaʾot) meaning miracles (Ex. 3:20; Josh. 3:5; Ps. 78:11; etc.), but the meaning of wonder is much broader than miracle. A… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism