Bahya is not so one-sided as to recommend the practise of the recluse, who has at heart only the welfare of his own soul. A man may be as holy as an angel, yet he will not equal in merit the one that leads his fellow-men to righteousness and to love of God. Translations Besides the Hebrew translations mentioned above, Chovot HaLevavot has been translated into several languages. Judaeo-Spanish Chovot HaLevavot, translated into Judaeo-Spanish by Zaddik ben Joseph Formon before the end of the sixteenth century, was printed at Constantinople, and republished several times (Amsterdam, 1610 by David Pardo in Latin characters; Venice, 1713 in Hebrew characters; Vienna, 1822 by Isaac Bellagrade). Julius Fürst ("Bibliotheca Judaica" i. 78, iii. 67) attributes the translation to Joseph Pardo, rabbi of Amsterdam. Latin Jacob Roman of Constantinople intended to publish the Arabic text with a Latin translation in 1643. Portuguese Amsterdam, 1670, by Samuel b. Isaac Abbas. German Amsterdam, 1716, by Isaac b. Moses . Fürth, 1765, by Samuel Posen. Breslau, 1836. Vienna, 1854, by Mendel Baumgarten. Vienna, 1856, by Mendel E. Stern. Italian An Italian translation was published in 1847. English Hyamson, Moses. Duties of the Heart. Feldheim Publishers: Jerusalem — New York, 1970 (2-volume edition). Originally published in 5 volumes (1925-1947). Translation from Judah ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation. Mansoor, Menahem. The Book of Direction to the Duties of the Heart. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. Translation from the Arabic. Haberman, Daniel. Duties of the Heart. Feldheim Publishers: Jerusalem — New York, 1996 (2-volume set). Translation based on Yehudah Ibn Tibbon's Hebrew translation, though with consultation of Kafih (Hebrew) and Mansoor (English) translations from the Arabic. Gateoftrust.org - English translation of Duties of the Heart. References External links Hyamson's English translation: Volume 2 of 5 (New York, 1941) (with treatises 2 & 3), hebrewbooks.org Fulltext (Hebrew), daat.ac.il Free English Translation of Gates 1-10 Jewish philosophical and ethical texts Judeo-Arabic literature Hebrew-language religious books Sifrei Kodesh