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The Texture of the Divine : Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:	Libro Electrónico
Main Author:	Hughes, Aaron W, 1968-
Other Authors:	Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1092-1167
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés Hebrew
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2004.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, > 1092-1167. > Ḥai ben Meḳits. Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, > d. 1185. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān. Avicenna, > 980-1037. > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān. Philosophy, Medieval. Ascension of the soul. Neoplatonism in literature. Image of God > Comparative studies. Imagination > Religious aspects > Judaism. Imagination > Religious aspects > Islam. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

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.