| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 260 pages) |
| Contents |
Mysticism and the interpretation of sacred scripture / Steven T. Katz -- Mystical identity and scriptural justification / Shlomo Biderman -- The Zohar as exegesis / Moshe Idel -- The Book of Zohar and exegetical spirituality / Michael Fishbane -- The fourfold sense of scripture in Christian mysticism / Ewert Cousins -- Classical Sufi approaches to scripture / Peter Awn -- Ibn al-ʻArabi's hermeneutics of mercy / William C. Chittick -- Sacred scriptures and the mysticism of Advaita Vedānta / Arvind Sharma -- Mystical cognition and canonical authority: the devotional mysticism of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa / Barbara A. Holdrege -- Experiencing scriptural diversity: words and stories in Hindu tradition / Daniel Gold -- Mysticism and scripture in Theravāda Buddhism / Ninian Smart -- Tao, world, and mind: mystical adaptations of the Taoist classics / Livia Kohn |
| Summary |
This is the fourth volume in an influential series that presents a basic revaluation of the nature of mysticism. Each provides 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mysticism.
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Sacred books.
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mysticism.
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11.09 systematic religious studies: other.
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RELIGION -- Mysticism.
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Mysticism.
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Sacred books.
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Weltreligion
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Heilige Schrift
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Mystik
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Mystiek.
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Heilige boeken.
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| Genre/Form |
Sacred works.
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Sacred works.
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Livres sacrés.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Katz, Steven T., 1944-
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| ISBN |
9780195357097 |
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0195357094 |
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1280760745 |
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9781280760747 |
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9780195097047 |
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0195097041 |
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