TY - BOOK ID - 77864674 TI - The texture of the divine AU - Hughes, Aaron W AU - Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr PY - 2004 SN - 1282071394 9786612071393 0253110874 9780253110879 9781282071391 0253343534 9780253343536 PB - Bloomington Indiana University Press DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy, Medieval. KW - Ascension of the soul. KW - Neoplatonism in literature. KW - Image of God KW - Imagination KW - Medieval philosophy KW - Scholasticism KW - Soul KW - God KW - God, Image of KW - Image (Theology) KW - Theological anthropology KW - Religious aspects KW - Judaism. KW - Islam. KW - Image KW - Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr, KW - Ibn Ṭufayl, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik, KW - Avicenna, KW - اين سينا، KW - إبن طفيل، محمد بن عبد الملك، KW - Ascension of the soul KW - Neoplatonism in literature KW - Philosophy, Medieval KW - Imagery, Mental KW - Images, Mental KW - Mental imagery KW - Mental images KW - Educational psychology KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Reproduction (Psychology) KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Islam KW - Judaism KW - Ibn Tufayl, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik, KW - Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meir, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77864674 AB - The Texture of the Divine explores the central role of the imagination in the shared symbolic worlds of medieval Islam and Judaism. Aaron W. Hughes looks closely at three interrelated texts known as the Hayy ibn Yaqzan cycle (dating roughly from 1000--1200 CE) to reveal the interconnections not only between Muslims and Jews, but also between philosophy, mysticism, and literature. Each of the texts is an initiatory tale, recounting a journey through the ascending layers of the universe. These narratives ER -