Ecstasy in the Classroom : Trance, Self, and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris /

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This book analyzes the early thirteenth century theological discourse about Paul's rapture and other modes of cognizing God. It reconstructs the perceptions of transformation and self they imply, and demonstrate their role in establishing the peculiar professional identity of scholastic theolog...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Even-Ezra, Ayelet (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint.
Visions in the Bible.
Experience (Religion)
Altered states of consciousness > Religious aspects.
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
Experience religieuse.
Visions dans la Bible.
Extase > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Ecstasy > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book analyzes the early thirteenth century theological discourse about Paul's rapture and other modes of cognizing God. It reconstructs the perceptions of transformation and self they imply, and demonstrate their role in establishing the peculiar professional identity of scholastic theologians compared with other seers of God.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780823281947

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