Gregory Barhebraeus' Mystical Hermeneutics of the Love of God in Dialogue with Islamic Tradition

Jennifer Griggs

Published by Gorgias Press 2022

Gregory Barhebraeus' Mystical Hermeneutics of the Love of God in Dialogue with Islamic Tradition

Jennifer Griggs

Volume 23 in the series Islamic History and Thought

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463242480

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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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER 2. LOCATING BARHEBRAEUS IN GRAECOSYRIAC TRADITION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
CHAPTER 3. THE CONFLICT OF THINKING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER 4. BARHEBRAEUS’ MYSTICISM OF THE LOVE OF GOD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
CHAPTER 5. BARHEBRAEUS’ MYSTICISM IN DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
CHAPTER 6. A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH FOR THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF MYSTICISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
CHAPTER 7. SYRIAN HERMENEUTICS AND THE ACADEMIC STUDY OF MYSTICISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
CHAPTER 8. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
APPENDIX 1. CHRONOLOGY OF BARHEBRAEUS’ WORKS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
APPENDIX 2. WORKS CITED OF BARHEBRAEUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
APPENDIX 3. GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351

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Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 374
Keywords: Philosophy; Religious

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Published: August 11, 2022
ISBN: 9781463242480