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This work brings together contributions which examine various
Islamic and selected Jewish writings, analyzing their ideas,
methods, sources and meanings while relating them to new historical
and political societies as well as to ancient and medieval writings
for comparative purposes. Writings are based on primary sources
representing significant contributions to religious and
intellectual trends within the two traditions.
This work brings together contributions which examine various
Islamic and selected Jewish writings, analyzing their ideas,
methods, sources and meanings while relating them to new historical
and political societies as well as to ancient and medieval writings
for comparative purposes. Writings are based on primary sources
representing significant contributions to religious and
intellectual trends within the two traditions.
This volume contains papers on both medieval and modern aspects of
Muslim-Jewish relations. For the medieval period, there is a
diverse treatment of literary and philosophical issues. The mutual
influence of Islamic and Jewish texts is explored, as well as the
perceptions Muslim and Jewish writers had about each other. The
subject matter of these papers is diverse - Isral'iliyat
literature, Arabic wine-poetry, Hebrew allegorical poetry and
Jewish exegetical commentary. The interdependence of Muslim-Jewish
intellectual life is emphasized here. The papers on the modern
period all deal with Muslim-Jewish relations in the wake of the
sweeping historical, institutional and political changes which have
characterized the modern Middle East. There are papers dealing with
new definitions of Judaism and Zionism for example that can only be
understood against the background of pre-modern ideas but which are
specific to the pressures and needs of contemporary life. From a
different perspective, there is also a study of language learning
as an indication of new and promising social relations.
The 'Fusus al-Hikam' is acknowledged to be a summary statement of
the sufi metaphysics of the 'Greatest Master', Ibn 'Arabi (d.1240).
It is also recognised that the 'Fusus' is a work of great
complexity both in its ideas and its style; and, over the
centuries, numerous commentaries have been written on it. Each of
the chapters of the 'Fusus' is dedicated to a Qur'anic prophet with
whom a particular 'wisdom' is associated. In 'Sufi Metaphysics and
Qur'anic Prophets: Ibn 'Arabi's Thought and Method in the "Fusus
al-Hikam"', Ronald Nettler examines ten chapters from the 'Fusus'
which exemplify the ideas, method and perspective of the entire
work. Concentrating on a detailed analysis of the text, the author
brings out the profound connection and integration of scripture and
metaphysics in the world-view of Ibn 'Arabi. 'Sufi Metaphysics and
Qur'anic Prophets' serves not only as an explication of Ibn
'Arabi's thought in the 'Fusus', but is also a great aid in the
overall understanding of Ibn 'Arabi's thought.
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1974 (Hardcover, Reprint 2020)
Herbert W. Mason, Ronald L. Nettler, Merlin L. Swarz, Jacques Waardenburg
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R3,483
Discovery Miles 34 830
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The 'Fusus al-Hikam' is acknowledged to be a summary statement of
the sufi metaphysics of the 'Greatest Master', Ibn 'Arabi (d.1240).
It is also recognised that the 'Fusus' is a work of great
complexity both in its ideas and its style; and, over the
centuries, numerous commentaries have been written on it. Each of
the chapters of the 'Fusus' is dedicated to a Qur'anic prophet with
whom a particular 'wisdom' is associated. In 'Sufi Metaphysics and
Qur'anic Prophets: Ibn 'Arabi's Thought and Method in the "Fusus
al-Hikam"', Ronald Nettler examines ten chapters from the 'Fusus'
which exemplify the ideas, method and perspective of the entire
work. Concentrating on a detailed analysis of the text, the author
brings out the profound connection and integration of scripture and
metaphysics in the world-view of Ibn 'Arabi. 'Sufi Metaphysics and
Qur'anic Prophets' serves not only as an explication of Ibn
'Arabi's thought in the 'Fusus', but is also a great aid in the
overall understanding of Ibn 'Arabi's thought.
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