Gregory Barhebraeus' mystical hermeneutics of the love of God in dialogue with Islamic tradition / Jennifer Griggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griggs, Jennifer, author.

Series:

Islamic history and thought.

Islamic history and thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.

Bar Hebraeus.

Christianity.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book explores the mystical thought of Gregory Barhebraeus (1226–1286CE) and its contemporary relevance, to offer a reading of Barhebraeus’ mystical texts by bringing them into conversation with critical religious studies and the hermeneutical tradition of philosophy. Griggs emphasises the problem of conceptual categories for the academic study of mysticism, seeking to avoid traditional assumptions concerning ‘mysticism’ and attend to the particularity of ‘mystic’ traditions. Through this approach, she examines the mystical hermeneutics of the love of God developed by Barhebraeus, as a response to the elaboration of this theme by the Islamic theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazālī (1058–1111CE), and as a resolution of the tensions between scholastics and ascetics within his own Syriac tradition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2. LOCATING BARHEBRAEUS IN GRAECOSYRIAC TRADITION

CHAPTER 3. THE CONFLICT OF THINKING

CHAPTER 4. BARHEBRAEUS’ MYSTICISM OF THE LOVE OF GOD

CHAPTER 5. BARHEBRAEUS’ MYSTICISM IN DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER 6. A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH FOR THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF MYSTICISM

CHAPTER 7. SYRIAN HERMENEUTICS AND THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF MYSTICISM

CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1. CHRONOLOGY OF BARHEBRAEUS’ WORKS

APPENDIX 2. WORKS CITED OF BARHEBRAEUS

APPENDIX 3. GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Griggs, Jennifer Gregory Barhebraeus' Mystical Hermeneutics of the Love of God in Dialogue with Islamic Tradition

ISBN:

9781463242480

OCLC:

1352970839