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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953765703321

Autore

Katz Stephan

Titolo

Mysticism and sacred Scripture / / edited by Steven T. Katz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

9780195357097

0195357094

9781280760747

1280760745

9780199848805

0199848807

Descrizione fisica

ix, 260 p

Altri autori (Persone)

KatzSteven T. <1944->

Disciplina

291.422

Soggetti

Mysticism

Sacred books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Introduction -- 1 Mysticism and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture -- 2 Mystical Identity and Scriptural justification -- 3 The Zohar as Exegesis -- 4 The Book of Zohar and Exegetical Spirituality -- 5 The Fourfold Sense of Scripture in Christian Mysticism -- 6 Classical Sufi Approaches to Scripture -- 7 Ibn al-'Arabi's Hermeneutics of Mercy -- 8 Sacred Scriptures and the Mysticism of Advaita Vedanta -- 9 Mystical Cognition and Canonical Authority: The Devotional Mysticism of the Bhagavata Purana -- 10 Experiencing Scriptural Diversity: Words and Stories in Hindu Tradition -- 11 Mysticism and Scripture in Theravada Buddhism -- 12 Tao, World, and Mind: Mystical Adaptations of the Taoist Classics.

Sommario/riassunto

This will be the fourth in an influential series of volumes on mysticism edited by Steven T. Katz, presenting a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each presents a collection of solicited papers by noted experts in the study of religion. This new volume will explore how the great mystics and mystical traditions use, interpret, and reconstruct the sacred scriptures of their traditions.