04437nam 2200697 a 450 991081101460332120200520144314.09786611926489978128192648712819264859789047421658904742165510.1163/ej.9789004158108.i-377(CKB)1000000000551417(EBL)467792(OCoLC)646789984(SSID)ssj0000223057(PQKBManifestationID)11198847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223057(PQKBWorkID)10174537(PQKB)11404173(OCoLC)162126887(nllekb)BRILL9789047421658(Au-PeEL)EBL467792(CaPaEBR)ebr10271125(CaONFJC)MIL192648(PPN)174544456(MiAaPQ)EBC467792(EXLCZ)99100000000055141720070727d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe poetics of grammar and the metaphysics of sound and sign /edited by S. La Porta and D. Shulman1st ed.Leiden ;Boston Brill20071 online resource (383 p.)Jerusalem studies in religion and culture,1570-078X ;v. 6Description based upon print version of record.9789004158108 9004158103 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Materials /S. La Porta and D. Shulman -- Introduction /S. La Porta and D. Shulman -- Creation Through Hieroglyphs: The Cosmic Grammatology Of Ancient Egypt /Jan Assmann -- Kun-The Existence-Bestowing Word In Islamic Mysticism: A Survey Of Texts On The Creative Power Of Language /Sara Sviri -- Adam’s Naming Of The Animals: Naming Or Creation? /Michael E. Stone -- Greek Distrust Of Language /Margalit Finkelberg -- This Is No Lotus, It Is A Face: Poetics As Grammar In Daṇḍin’s Investigation Of The Simile /Yigal Bronner -- The Performance Of Writing In Western Zhou China /Martin Kern -- Counseling Through Enigmas: Monastic Leadership And Linguistic Techniques In Sixth-Century Gaza /Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony -- Devotional, Covenantal And Yogic: Three Episodes In The Religious Use Of Alphabet And Letter From A Millennium Of Great Vehicle Buddhism /Dan Martin -- Powers Of Language In Kabbalah: Comparative Reflections /Jonathan Garb -- The Poetics Of Grammar In The Javano-Balinese Tradition /Thomas M. Hunter -- How To Bring A Goddess Into Being Through Visible Sound /David Shulman -- Translation And Transformation: Armenian Meditations On The Metamorphic Power Of Language -- Index Of Names /S. La Porta and D. Shulman.This book examines the seemingly universal notion of a grammatical cosmos. Individual essays discuss how many of the great civilizations provide cognitive maps that emerge from a metaphysical linguistics in which sounds, syllables and other signs form the constructive elements of reality. The essays address cross-cultural issues such as: Why does grammar serve as a template in these cultures? How are such templates culturally contoured? To what end are they applied — id est, what can one do with grammar — , and how does it work upon the world? The book is divided into three sections that deal with the metaphysics of linguistic creation; practices of encoding and decoding as a means of deciphering reality; and language in the widest sense as a medium for self- and cultural transformation. Contributors include: Jan Assman, Sara Sviri, Michael Stone, M. Finkelberg, Yigal Bronner, Martin Kern, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony, Dan Martin, Jonathan Garb, Tom Hunter, David Shulman, and Sergio La Porta.Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ;v. 6.Grammar, Comparative and generalLanguage and cultureGrammar, Comparative and general.Language and culture.415.01La Porta S475812Shulman David Dean1949-919288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811014603321The poetics of grammar and the metaphysics of sound and sign4024438UNINA