Mysticism and sacred scripture /
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 re...
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2000
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Table of 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.
