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The texture of the divine : imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought
- Title
- The texture of the divine : 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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Details
- Additional Authors
- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164.
- Description
- x, 273 p.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, -1185 > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān
- Avicenna, 980-1037 > Risālat Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān
- Philosophy, Medieval
- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164 > Ḥai ben Meḳits
- Neoplatonism in literature
- Image of God > Comparative studies
- Imagination > Religious aspects > Judaism
- Imagination > Religious aspects > Islam
- Ascension of the soul
- 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.
- Contents
- Reading the divine -- Reading between the lines -- Polishing a dirty mirror -- The initiation of the philosopher -- God is beautiful and loves beauty.
- Call Number
- *PPR 04-240
- ISBN
- 0253343534 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003013824
- OCLC
- 52547537
- Author
- Hughes, Aaron W, 1968-
- Title
- The texture of the divine : 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.
- Added Author
- Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, 1089-1164. Ḥai ben Meḳits. English.
- Research Call Number
- *PPR 04-240