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- Literary Movement
- Medieval
- ISBN
- 9780253343536
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253343534
ISBN-13
9780253343536
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2722542
Product Key Features
Book Title
Texture of the Divine : Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Theology, History & Surveys / Medieval, History, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-013824
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
181/.07
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Reading the Divine: A User's Guide to the Initiatory Tale; 2. Reading Between the Lines: Text as Encounter with the Divine; 3. Polishing a Dirty Mirror: The Philosophic Imagination; 4. The Initiation of the Philosopher: Ritual Poetics and the Quest for Meaning; 5. "God is Beautiful and Loves Beauty": The Role of Aesthetics in Medieval Jewish and Islamic Philosophy; 6. Conclusion; Appendix: Hay ben Meqitz: An Initiatory Tale by Abraham ibn Ezra
Synopsis
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 between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts is an initiatory tale, recounting a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. These narratives culminate in the imaginative apprehension of God, in which the traveler gazes into the divine presence. The tales are beautiful and poetic literary works as well as probing philosophical treatises on how the individual can know the unknowable. In this groundbreaking work, Hughes reveals the literary, initiatory, ritualistic, and mystical dimensions of medieval Neoplatonism. The Texture of the Divine also includes the first complete English translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's Hay ben Meqitz.
LC Classification Number
BP190.5.I57H84 2004
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