Mysticism and Sacred Scripture
1st Edition
Published on 2. November 2000
271 pages
978-0-19-535709-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Steven T. Katz
Mysticism and Sacred Scripture
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12/2000
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Introduction
- 1 Mysticism and the Interpretation of Sacred Scripture
- 2 Mystical Identity and Scriptural justification
- 3 The Zohar as Exegesis
- 4 The Book of Zohar and Exegetical Spirituality
- 5 The Fourfold Sense of Scripture in Christian Mysticism
- 6 Classical Sufi Approaches to Scripture
- 7 Ibn al-'Arabi's Hermeneutics of Mercy
- 8 Sacred Scriptures and the Mysticism of Advaita Vedanta
- 9 Mystical Cognition and Canonical Authority: The Devotional Mysticism of the Bhagavata Purana
- 10 Experiencing Scriptural Diversity: Words and Stories in Hindu Tradition
- 11 Mysticism and Scripture in Theravada Buddhism
- 12 Tao, World, and Mind: Mystical Adaptations of the Taoist Classics
