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Author Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-

Title The texture of the divine : imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought / Aaron W. Hughes.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 273 pages)
Note Includes the text of an English translation of Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra's Ḥai ben Meḳits.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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 cu.
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Subject 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.
Avicenna, 980-1037.
Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185.
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164.
Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (Avicenna) (OCoLC)fst01364200
Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān (Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik) (OCoLC)fst01358870
Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
Image of God -- Comparative studies.
Neoplatonism in literature.
Ascension of the soul.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Image of God.
Ascension of the soul. (OCoLC)fst00818420
Image of God. (OCoLC)fst01432055
Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Islam. (OCoLC)fst00967595
Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. (OCoLC)fst00967596
Neoplatonism in literature. (OCoLC)fst01035887
Philosophy, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst01061057
Genre/Form Comparative studies. (OCoLC)fst01423767
Added Author Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. Ḥai ben Meḳits. English.
Other Form: Print version: Hughes, Aaron W., 1968- Texture of the divine. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253343534 (DLC) 2003013824 (OCoLC)52547537
ISBN 0253110874 (ebook)
9780253110879 (ebook)
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