03224nam 2200709Ia 450 991081457680332120200520144314.01-282-07139-497866120713930-253-11087-4(CKB)1000000000030368(EBL)239664(OCoLC)615014899(SSID)ssj0000257686(PQKBManifestationID)11193231(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257686(PQKBWorkID)10253830(PQKB)11405532(MiAaPQ)EBC239664(OCoLC)62096967(MdBmJHUP)muse16900(Au-PeEL)EBL239664(CaPaEBR)ebr10090711(CaONFJC)MIL207139(OCoLC)842971878(EXLCZ)99100000000003036820030624d2004 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe texture of the divine imagination in medieval Islamic and Jewish thought /Aaron W. HughesBloomington Indiana University Pressc20041 online resource (x, 273 pages)Includes the text of an English translation of Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra's Hai ben Mekits.0-253-34353-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index.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.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 narrativesImaginationReligious aspectsIslamImaginationReligious aspectsJudaismImage of GodComparative studiesNeoplatonism in literatureAscension of the soulPhilosophy, MedievalImaginationReligious aspectsIslam.ImaginationReligious aspectsJudaism.Image of GodNeoplatonism in literature.Ascension of the soul.Philosophy, Medieval.181/.07Hughes Aaron W.1968-1614327Ibn Ezra Abraham ben Meir1092-1167.0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814576803321The texture of the divine4045822UNINA