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

Aaron W. Hughes
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Description:The Texture of the Divine" explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Muslims and Jews. It looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the "Hayy ibn Yaqzan" cycle (dating roughly from 1000-1200 CE) to show the interconnections not only between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts Aaron W. Hughes examines, by the writers Avicenna, ibn Tufayl, and Abraham ibn Ezra, are initiatory tales that combine philosophy, poetry, and allegory to recount a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. Their 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 is able to 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 translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's "Hay ben Meqitz.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought. To get started finding The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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2003
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0253110874

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

Aaron W. Hughes
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Description: The Texture of the Divine" explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Muslims and Jews. It looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the "Hayy ibn Yaqzan" cycle (dating roughly from 1000-1200 CE) to show the interconnections not only between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts Aaron W. Hughes examines, by the writers Avicenna, ibn Tufayl, and Abraham ibn Ezra, are initiatory tales that combine philosophy, poetry, and allegory to recount a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. Their 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 is able to 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 translation of Abraham Ibn Ezra's "Hay ben Meqitz.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought. To get started finding The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
288
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2003
ISBN
0253110874

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