Table of Contents

Part 1: Procedure and Contexts of the Research 1 Introduction 2 Contexts of the Investigation 3 Historical Encounters of Jewish and Islamic Mysticism: precedents of Contemporary Practice in Israel Part 2: Reading the Field Narratives 4 The Derekh Avraham/Tariqat Ibrahimiyya and its Contemporary Re-emergence in Israel 5 Beshara: Lovers of Ibn Arabi 6 Embracing the Sufi Path and the Dissemination of Knowledge 7 Jewish and Muslim Peacemakers Part 3: Conclusion 8 The Other Voice Appendices

About the Author

Yafiah Katherine Randall received her PhD at the University of Winchester. She combines academic research into Jewish-Muslim relations focusing on Sufism with grass-roots action for interreligious understanding and conflict transformation.