The texture of the divine : imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought /

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The Texture of the Divine explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Islam and Judaism. Aaron W. Hughes looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the Hayy ibn Yaqzan cycle (dating roughly from 1000--1200 CE) to reveal the interconnections not only...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-
Otros Autores: Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Avicenna, > 980-1037. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, > -1185. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, > 1089-1164. > Ḥai ben Meḳits.
Avicenne, > 980-1037. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, > m. 1185. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān.
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, > 1092-1167. > Ḥai ben Meḳits.
Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (Avicenna)
Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik)
Imagination > Religious aspects > Islam.
Imagination > Religious aspects > Judaism.
Image of God > Comparative studies.
Neoplatonism in literature.
Ascension of the soul.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Imagination > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Imagination > Aspect religieux > Judaïsme.
Image de Dieu > Études comparatives.
Néo-platonisme dans la littérature.
Âme > Ascension.
Philosophie médiévale.
Ascension of the soul
Image of God
Imagination > Religious aspects > Islam
Imagination > Religious aspects > Judaism
Neoplatonism in literature
Philosophy, Medieval
Comparative studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reading the divine: a user's guide to the initiatory tale
  • Reading between the lines: text as encounter with the divine
  • Polishing a dirty mirror: the philosophic imagination
  • The initiation of the philosopher: ritual poetics and the quest for meaning
  • "God is beautiful and loves beauty": the role of aesthetics in medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophy
  • Appendix: Ḥay ben Meqitz: an initiatory tale by Abraham ibn Ezra.

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