Logos & revelation : Ibn 'Arabi, Meister Eckhart, and mystical hermeneutics / Robert J. Dobie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobie, Robert J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eckhart, Meister, -1327.

Eckhart.

Ibn al-ʻArabī, 1165-1240.

Ibn al-ʻArabī.

Mysticism--Catholic Church--Comparative studies.

Mysticism.

Mysticism--Sufism--Comparative studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Logos and Revelation looks closely at the writings of two of the most prominent medieval mystical writers: the Muslim, Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) and the Christian Meister Eckhart (1260-1328).

Contents:

pt. 1. Revelation. "His character was the Qur'an" : Ibn 'Arabi, analogical imagination, and revelation

"Revelatio proprie est apud intellectum" : Meister Eckhart and the birth of the word in the soul

pt. 1. Existence. "You are He and you are not He" : the dialectic of transcendence and immanence in Ibn 'Arabi

"Unum est indistinctum" : Meister Eckhart's dialectical theology

pt. 1. Intellect. Ibn 'Arabi and the mirror of the intellect

"Deus est intelligere" : detachment, intellect, and the emanation of the word in Meister Eckhart

The noble or universal man

The universal man in Ibn 'Arabi

The nobleman in Meister Eckhart

Conclusion: The unity and diversity of the mystical path.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-304) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1754-7

OCLC:

820011247