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The texture of the divine imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought

Title
The texture of the divine [electronic resource] : imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought / Aaron W. Hughes.
Author
Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164.
Description
1 online resource (x, 273 p.)
Uniform Title
Texture of the divine (Online)
Alternative Title
Texture of the divine (Online)
Subject
  • Avicenna, 980-1037
  • Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185
  • Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164
  • Imagination > Religious aspects > Islam
  • Imagination > Religious aspects > Judaism
  • Image of God > Comparative studies
  • Neoplatonism in literature
  • Ascension of the soul
  • Philosophy, Medieval
Note
  • Includes the text of an English translation of Abraham ben Meïr Ibn Ezra's Ḥai ben Meḳits.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2003013824
OCLC
ssj0000257686
Author
Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-
Title
The texture of the divine [electronic resource] : imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought / Aaron W. Hughes.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. Ḥai ben Meḳits. English.
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